Everyone was expecting the new schedule that dropped a few weeks ago to require us to be in the office every week with all the secrecy and commotion Fidelity had around it. When they realesed the schedule and it was the same as irs been a lot of people were content and breathed a sigh of relief but were nervous because what’s the plan for the spring/summer when the new schedule is released. Other companies are in 2x or 3x a week and that’s their set schedule. This 6 month schedule is annoying because you never know if it’s going to increase or stay the same until a few weeks before it actually happens. I’m based in the NYC and NJ office and there is absolutely no room to bring us all in at the same time. The offices are always taken, there are no free snacks since random employees take 4 at a time and we don’t have a cafeteria. Wonder what will actually happen with the new schedule in March.
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Psssst - and a lot of the people in your building are not injected and loving it. Like that other person commented - sooooo happy they never did the tyrannical mandate thing. We’re allowed to express our appreciation to the company!!!
@pz Is a 6 month schedule annoying? Yes. Does it really mean you’ll be employed for those next 6months? No. You could be let go any time - we’re “at will employees”. That’s just corporate, unfortunately.
Ppssst - it’s every 6 months that they evaluate site head count for capacity. It has nothing to do with your connect week schedule.
We have to do the dynamic working thing because too many had been hired during the COVID/fully remote times (and not enough have quit or been termed) and there is not enough building capacity on all sites. That’s it, it’s not a scare tactic or some good will gesture, it’s keep population to fire code in buildings. It’s really not that difficult to understand.
@xf+1k1kdr5t2 I forgive you for the passive aggressive response. And I don’t blame you.
I’m very happy I was able to stay uninjected due to Fido’s lack of a mandate. I’ll be saying the same thing next year, the year after and so on. Take care. Find peace.
Schwab is going to RTO 4 days a week next year. Their forum is buzzing.
@wa It's 2025. Nobody cares about the COVID vaccine anymore. Move on. You're just trying to rage-bait.
So cute that they deleted the comment about being proud to work for a company that did NOT mandate the injection. Why delete that? Why does that message upset people?!? Weird.
You worry tooth much! We always get enough notice before a change. Don’t worry about thngs u cant change mate
@a4 but my free snacks should be a lifetime benefit hahaha - honest to God the things people whine about - complaining about the lack of snacks diminishes the real concern of trying to plan your household, daycare, commute etc with a schedule that is updated every 6 months
The 6 month schedule causes employees to experience feelings of fear and uncertainty. Fidelity loves this because Fidelity governs by fear.
6 month schedules leave things very open ended and non-final so leadership/management can just wi--y nilly decide they want a change. Leaving it open is very intentional. No company policy or company “perk” is ever permanent.