RTO Rant

[Anonymous]

I’m a middle manager with a team of 10, all working remotely. At the beginning of the summer, leadership announced we were coming back to the office 3 days a week starting after Labor Day. I fought against this arguing there was no reason for it (my team works with people in other areas of the country for the most part so they would just be on email and teams in the office anyway) and they didn’t have the office space for it anyway. Today I just got my fifth resignation. I haven’t even been able to fill the first one yet. Total idiots in charge of this company!

[Anonymous]

Hope you’re blasting the news to management every time someone resigns. It’s their fault.

[Anonymous]

That really sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hope you’re blasting the news to management every time someone resigns. It’s their fault.

100%
They may yet see their error and change the policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hope you’re blasting the news to management every time someone resigns. It’s their fault.

I have. Deaf ears. I’ve begun looking for a new position myself.

[Anonymous]

That happened at my spouse's job. We think they did it on purpose to get the numbers down.

[Anonymous]

What is your bonus pool like? Are these quiet layoffs?

They should have phased it in with just two days in the office.

But maybe they want people to go. No severance, No unemployment claims, no 2025 bonus pay out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope you’re blasting the news to management every time someone resigns. It’s their fault.

I have. Deaf ears. I’ve begun looking for a new position myself.

They might be doing RTO looking for people to quit instead of having layoffs down the line.

A family member who works for a great organization had a meeting recently saying they’d have to make cuts in everyone’s budgets. No one is getting laid off, but this person is down two people on their team and was told they can’t rehire and promotions are nixed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope you’re blasting the news to management every time someone resigns. It’s their fault.

100%
They may yet see their error and change the policy.

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope you’re blasting the news to management every time someone resigns. It’s their fault.

I have. Deaf ears. I’ve begun looking for a new position myself.

They might be doing RTO looking for people to quit instead of having layoffs down the line.

A family member who works for a great organization had a meeting recently saying they’d have to make cuts in everyone’s budgets. No one is getting laid off, but this person is down two people on their team and was told they can’t rehire and promotions are nixed.

My team is involved in invoicing, and being shortstaffed has led to a backlog in invoices we haven’t submitted. So if that’s the plan, it’s really stupid. But I wouldn’t put it past them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope you’re blasting the news to management every time someone resigns. It’s their fault.

I have. Deaf ears. I’ve begun looking for a new position myself.

They might be doing RTO looking for people to quit instead of having layoffs down the line.

A family member who works for a great organization had a meeting recently saying they’d have to make cuts in everyone’s budgets. No one is getting laid off, but this person is down two people on their team and was told they can’t rehire and promotions are nixed.

My team is involved in invoicing, and being shortstaffed has led to a backlog in invoices we haven’t submitted. So if that’s the plan, it’s really stupid. But I wouldn’t put it past them.

They probably plan to outsource or automate invoicing and look to reduce your headcount.

[Anonymous]

You should find a new job yourself.

Someone else will be happy to have an office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That happened at my spouse's job. We think they did it on purpose to get the numbers down.

That's what I would assume. I would look for another job OP.

[Anonymous]

Rto makes me seethe with anger on every level.
Imma go make people be a pantomime horse at work because I decided that makes them more productive and I’m too stupid and too unimaginative to see past the pantomime horse thing so just deal and be a pantomime horse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should find a new job yourself.

Someone else will be happy to have an office.

No they wouldn’t unless they are desperate and no one needs or wants a desperate employee who can’t find work elsewhere and thus is ridiculously grateful for any circumstance