Whenever I see warning posts like “I got terminated for not going into the office for 8 hours” or “Make no mistake, they will fire you for non-compliance” you can rest assured that T is incapable of tracking time and aren’t going to do $hit about it.
T is so full of bs these days they’re up to their eyes in it and they know it. With the numb nuts they have left, they can’t even pull together an actionable report that will hold up in a court of law. That’s why they are drumming up the scare tactics. Isn’t that the T way? If you can’t make it, fake it with BS. Just like our guarantee.
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They wouldn't have to tell you that you are flagged for non compliance. They could just put you on top of the next surplus list for when the time comes. I know at least some of the time, they won't tell you why you made the list. The standard response is that it's a mixture of your leadership, skills, etc.
I doubt a "court of law" would award in favor of an employee you refused to rto.
Concrete data is not needed for a mass layoff. They can simply use whatever they are collecting as their own internal rationale for selecting large numbers for layoffs. They don’t have to say you were let go for not being in the office long enough, they can simply use the normal language for a significant reduction in force. So take that as you will. There is no point in arguing about an hour or two here or there. If they are trying to make broad cuts across a large population, they will use the data they have if they need to you are not an individual you are one of a large group.
From the occupational side of the house, attendance issues was the low hanging fruit. It's much easier to dismiss for attendance than performance.
Consider this: Even before WFH and Presence reports, T managers used COU location reports and Facebook to identify fraud for ee's on STD (you can't travel unless location pre-approved) and FMLA; they were terminated. Never had a case denied even after grievances (for CWA employees) where evidence was shown. Don't think T is stupid, the methods T used are industry wide with even seminars on how to find abuse. Always your choice to follow the policies, but understand the consequences for not are on you (and not the posters on this site). This is simply the reality, like it or not.
What was the name of the part time employee?
They will never tell you in what org this allegedly happened, because that would make it trivial to validate that it actually happened. Just more C-suite fear mongering. This company is run like North Korea.
It was straight up told in yesterday's post that it was CSO. (It was on a Georgia Teams.)
They will never tell you in what org this allegedly happened, because that would make it trivial to validate that it actually happened. Just more C-suite fear mongering. This company is run like North Korea.
Maybe so, but I still would not "poke the bear".