Thread regarding Citigroup Inc. / Citibank / Citi layoffs

They need to justify the cost of office buildings. You can’t do that if they are empty.
It doesn’t matter if the cost of living has gone up 13% or more and your raise is 2%.
It doesn’t matter if by working from home you save money on gas, dry cleaning, child care, lunch etc….

I don’t understand as to why it’d make a difference if your role does NOT require you to be in the office. I believe the unionization effort by employees may push for this, we will see I guess.

As one poster already stated “ It's illegal for businesses to punish workers for talking about unionizing. Right now Wells Fargo is undergoing a law suit for union busting. I have a feeling Citi will be soon to follow.”

LinkedIn job search has two very useful filters for salary and remote work. I suggest you leverage that and get a job that allows wfh 100%. That’s what most of my team is doing now.

logic is simple, you make NYC salaries and don't want to come to work and then complain.

My whole team was just designated telecommuters ( full time remote). It’s not going to impact layoffs for us, it’s just our status.

That is absolutely untrue. There are many people who are remote and have been fir years. Your work location has absolutely nothing to do with being the first in line to get laid off. The first people who get laid off are low performers and those who are not team players.

Next year it will be enforced, 3x/week for anyone designated hybrid ( at least in NYC.

My advice is a little different. Most job search engines now have a filter for “remote” work. Be diligent in your searching and leverage this option to search for jobs that allow work from home %100 they’re out there, they have not diminished any.

Jane has been very clear on expectations.. 3x a week.

doesn't seem to be strictly enforced and is teem dependent. I'm hoping to continue to work mostly remote but my advice would be to set your expectations that at some point it will be enforced strictly with repercussions.

Its simply a means in which to run you off

The logic is easy to understand. During the pandemic, everyone wfh to keep the machine going. Pandemic is over with but the “great resignation” came along so let everyone wfh to keep them happy and keep them from leaving. Now the pendulum has swung in the other direction. A layoff means that not only you can pick and chose who to keep but you also have a better hiring pool from those laid off from other companies.

So yeah, WFH is still going strong to keep people here but will be used as a determining tool for layoffs.

I don't know if my manager was just blowing smoke, but when I discussed wfh fulltime, she told me it was not a good idea as if layoffs happen, wfh people will be the first to go.
I do not understand this logic.