Will Optum follow Amazon's playbook and other companies to expand RTO beyond MN and DC?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amazon-tells-thousands-of-employees-to-relocate-or-resign/ar-AA1H6Ozv
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@ch wow really? When did this happen?
MN/DC are all the high compensated useless ones so. not much loss there. Not many bodies left anywhere else
@bk absolutely. They’ve done it before, under the guidance of SH.
Not sure how legal this is without severance
IBM did the same thing around 2009. Remote employees without an office in their state were told to relocate across the country at their own expense or be considered voluntarily resigned, with no severance. I can see Optum doing the same in the near future.
Humm... For those working with offshore, they start around 6:30ish est to have meaningful overlap. Not sure how it's going to work reducing overlap by 2.5 hours.
Yes. MN/DC hybrid were given about two weeks notice. This is beta.
Attrition, business impact, offshore/AI and stock price over the next few months will guide ELT on next steps to:
- Expand to "telecommuters" near MN/DC
- Expand to anyone "near" an office
- Amazon playbook and all USA employees are asked to move to commuting distance to an office