Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:54
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
Are you new here? Traffic is still much better than it was pre-covid. Yes, it's not as great as it was a year ago, but still better than pre-covid. I can get from Reston to Arlington in 30 minutes door to door. It used to take an hour.
The point is that it is UNNECESSARY. Are you new to life? Do you understand that it is unnecessary and makes life much more difficult for those of us who need to go to our workplaces in hospitals, labs, services, etc.?
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:51
Subject: Re:RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Metro is miserable and unsafe. No thanks.
We have had multiple employees (NOMA/NY Ave Metro) mugged or accosted in some way. An employee just had an unknown liquid thrown in her face after she refused to give someone money. This was during normal commuting hours. No, not safe.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:47
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My work located in DC is mandating RTO at 2-3 days per week in 2025 for employees who live as far away as Howard and Fauquier counties. Meanwhile, since the start of the pandemic, the company has hired many employees who don't live in the DC metro and many have moved out. I suspect half of employees including the C-suite don't live here. Meanwhile, there are managers living at the beach in Florida lecturing their staff on the importance of coming into the office. This seems very hypocritical to me and is going to create a lot of problems. Have other companies handled this so poorly?
I think part of the issue is pay. They pay you a premium because you live in Dc, so they expect you to be in the office.
The surrounding areas, up to 30 miles out and in some cases 50 miles out, are still expensive. Maryland and Virginia are consistently ranked as states with a HCOL.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:41
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
Are you new here? Traffic is still much better than it was pre-covid. Yes, it's not as great as it was a year ago, but still better than pre-covid. I can get from Reston to Arlington in 30 minutes door to door. It used to take an hour.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:40
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
No one is taking Metro, yet it has never been so accessible.
It has never been very accessible.
FTFY
It's a scant transit system that doesn't serve a metro area very thoroughly.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:40
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
No one is taking Metro, yet it has never been so accessible.
Metro is miserable and unsafe. No thanks.
Um what?
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:40
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:My work located in DC is mandating RTO at 2-3 days per week in 2025 for employees who live as far away as Howard and Fauquier counties. Meanwhile, since the start of the pandemic, the company has hired many employees who don't live in the DC metro and many have moved out. I suspect half of employees including the C-suite don't live here. Meanwhile, there are managers living at the beach in Florida lecturing their staff on the importance of coming into the office. This seems very hypocritical to me and is going to create a lot of problems. Have other companies handled this so poorly?
I think part of the issue is pay. They pay you a premium because you live in Dc, so they expect you to be in the office.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:38
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
No one is taking Metro, yet it has never been so accessible.
Metro is miserable and unsafe. No thanks.
Do you ride it? I have been riding it for 30 years safely and not usually miserably (especially when I envision the drivers going over the ALB)
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:36
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
No one is taking Metro, yet it has never been so accessible.
I think people left metro when covid concerns were high and the roads were more empty. Eventually they will find their way back. My office subsidizes metro but when people were only coming in once a week they just paid for parking out of pocket. When they have to come in more, the cost is harder to justify when metro is free,
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:35
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
No one is taking Metro, yet it has never been so accessible.
Metro is miserable and unsafe. No thanks.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:34
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
Anonymous wrote:The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
No one is taking Metro, yet it has never been so accessible.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:15
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
RTO and recruitment of good workers is completely at odds. I say good luck figuring this out. As long as there are companies willing to allow remote work, they will have a huge hiring advantage.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:14
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
The roads are so clogged now. Traffic is horrible. This is all so unnecessary when half these people can just stay home.
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:13
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
My office is the same. We may have to go back in but they just hired someone who lives in SF. Can she continue to work from home. Will they rent office space for her somewhere so she can go in to work alone?
Anonymous
10/19/2024 10:10
Subject: RTO and employees who live outside the DC metro
My work located in DC is mandating RTO at 2-3 days per week in 2025 for employees who live as far away as Howard and Fauquier counties. Meanwhile, since the start of the pandemic, the company has hired many employees who don't live in the DC metro and many have moved out. I suspect half of employees including the C-suite don't live here. Meanwhile, there are managers living at the beach in Florida lecturing their staff on the importance of coming into the office. This seems very hypocritical to me and is going to create a lot of problems. Have other companies handled this so poorly?