Anyone knows latest dates for waive 2 RTO letters under Jermey Leggs?
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I received an email today saying that Wave 2 (at least for some) is going to have letters sent at the end of January with a Feb 9 decision date. I don't know if that's for the whole company, or just part. No word on new location date if you stay, or off payroll date if you want to leave.
I have heard that wave 2 is going to be split into 2, or possibly 3, stages. For stage 1, letters will go out at the end of March 2024 (1Q2024) with an expectation that folks will begin reporting to their new location 9 months later at the end of December 2024 (4Q2024). No clear indication as to when folks in stage 1 have to respond with their intentions (move or not), but I suspect it will be within a month because stage 2 will follow the same pattern, just 3 months later (letters out @ end of 2Q2024, reporting to new location by end of 1Q2025). Stage 3 if there is one, will follow the same basic pattern 3 months/1 quarter later.
I hear that Jan 19 with feb 2 off pay for some "RTO-NO" people under the elf
we're actually hearing rumors that they are trying to move wave 2 back in some parts of the company because they did lose more people than expected in wave 1 and wave 2 supposedly can't protect "centers of excellence" and they can no longer make exceptions for all of them anymore.
I knows what I knows!
If they don’t know what they’re doing then how do you know.
Working dates only are under review. Email notifications release Friday, March 29
Good Friday
Chicago employees need to quit asking to become a hub. Too many corrupt leaders and scandals and monetary fines have soured C suite view of the location overall. Too many aged and aging assets who bloat payroll without commensurate contributions. RAN folks are widely expected to gain local support status. Lots of sales and mobility teams are stretched to achieve unreasonable and unattainable sales goals. FirstNet employees are too few and easily replaceable by resources in other hubs with lower real estate costs. A new multi/billion dollar government contract will be supported by a team expanding in the Atlanta/Lennox area. CDO resources will source the majority of the expansion with primary focus on automation given crude and sparse reporting has Amazon leaders crying foul. White males continue to dominate the chain. Expect that to continue.
RTO reports and policy enforcements begin in January. Majority of employees are in compliance. Those that are not will learn quickly to conform else expect swift HR intervention. There is no talk of expanding RTO.
12/18/2023
“Supervisor scripts and talking points are in the works to dissuade those who are tempted to follow the work who have limited runway and potential.”
Isn’t this about 85% of management employees?
They'd like to "waive" goodbye to about 40% of the workforce.
There are discussions within HR about moving dates up based on limited business impact from Wave 1.
Working dates only are under review. Email notifications release Friday, March 29 with employee responses on relocation intent due Friday, April 26. Several VPs are pressing for uniform roll-off dates while others advocate for rolling based on business needs. Stanley gave Legg autonomy and latitude for now. There is concern that the take rate will exceed 10% and most who are in the twilight of their careers. Supervisor scripts and talking points are in the works to dissuade those who are tempted to follow the work who have limited runway and potential. Those on high potential lists informed of modest relocation reimbursement paid for by reducing the number of connection awards within a team. Managers can offer relocation packages not to exceed 15k and must be offset within their connection award budget which are not set yet but expected to shrink again. Packages can span AVPs under a single VP. Expectation is this is rare and for exceptional circumstances. Early exception requests span the gamut of medical and elder care situations. HR appears firm in rejecting all but the rarest of situations. Medical waivers make up the bulk of requests but they are strictly for employees and not their children. Three exceptions are for employees with high risk pregnancies or who have active adoption cases or undergoing medical treatment for acute and life threatening conditions.
The deadline for a waiver expired several months back.
All the time, they can do!
They probably aren’t waiving any RTO but if you meant wave 2 RTO then that is all speculative so any unofficial announcement doesn’t have a Legg to stand on.