Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 08:16     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Anonymous wrote:Remote job gone and replaced with 3 hours of commuting (and that’s early, avoiding peak traffic) AWS gone, well fine that wasn’t going to work for me with RTO anyway so I had already ditched that. Now they are talking about rigid start and end times, and if they have everyone coming and going at once 9-5 that is going to add at least another hour at each end just getting in and out of the building and garage and having to travel during peak traffic. and I’m going to just have to tell my teens they are on their own now because I am basically unavailable, and their dad is not in a position to help that much either. I might have to move in with my coworker during the week. Giving boarding school a second thought for my youngest. Maybe sleeping in my car? I don’t know. Sell my house, buy an RV and park next to work.

So what’s coming next? Is there anything they can’t/won’t touch? Health insurance? The ability to take a single day of sick leave without medical documentation?

Just get the RIFs over with please.


Take the fork if offered and find another job
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 08:16     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
I'm confused because I've worked at places where we were literally ordered NOT to all arrive and leave at the same time because it was a security risk. But sure the Department of Homeland Security totally doesn't need personnel safety measures, no? Just overrun those turnstiles, I'm sure it won't backfire at all.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 08:14     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. This was what it was like when I had my kids in the late 2000s.


As someone who worked in the late 2000s, we were doing schedule shifts back then to avoid rushes at building entrances.

Sounds like they're just trying to get people to quit.


I entered the workforce in 2000. We had the freedom to choose our hours. Mine were generally 10 to 6:30.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 08:13     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Anonymous wrote:This is why people used to live close in. Now they want to live way outside the beltway and also keep a downtown job. It’s a choice.


I live close in. My assigned office for the fully remote job I was hired into is way out. But please, keep talking.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 08:13     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
They want you to quit OP. If you know you’re going to be RIF’d, then wait til that happens, otherwise resign and get a new job.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 08:09     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. This was what it was like when I had my kids in the late 2000s.


As someone who worked in the late 2000s, we were doing schedule shifts back then to avoid rushes at building entrances.

Sounds like they're just trying to get people to quit.


+1
Also had kids late 2000s. Spent lots of $ on before and aftercare for all of the elementary years, which most of my coworkers haven’t done due to flexible schedules. Also no maternity leave. So there were differences- we didn’t have a set start and end time, and agree that sucks and is punitive- but other things sucked working full time with kids.

But yes I agree a defined start and end time is bad for all of us. I might have to look into other transportation options if we go that way.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 08:08     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
This is why people used to live close in. Now they want to live way outside the beltway and also keep a downtown job. It’s a choice.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 07:34     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. This was what it was like when I had my kids in the late 2000s.


Really? It was like this? Which part? You got hired for a remote job and then told to RTO five days a week starting the next day or you'd get fired? You were given four days of notice before being told your work hours are changing? You had to spend half an hour trying to get into the parking garage in the morning because your employer is trying to get people to quit?

Or was it that you made a choice to take a job with a bad commute? Because that's not actually what this is like.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 07:29     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. This was what it was like when I had my kids in the late 2000s.


As someone who worked in the late 2000s, we were doing schedule shifts back then to avoid rushes at building entrances.

Sounds like they're just trying to get people to quit.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 07:28     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Anonymous wrote:You mean you might have to move so you live within 2 hours of where you work.


Without traffic, I can be there in under an hour. Problem is traffic. Also I didn’t move far away, the office did. Also uprooting when my kids are in high school and paying RE transaction costs not great when I might be out of a job soon anyway.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 07:28     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Hell bent on ruining everything for everyone. Can’t wait until it’s over.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 07:26     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
I don’t get it. This was what it was like when I had my kids in the late 2000s.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 07:18     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
You mean you might have to move so you live within 2 hours of where you work.
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 07:16     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
There is not anything they won’t touch. It sucks, agreed. A pill and walk won’t fix it PP….
Anonymous
Post 05/02/2025 06:53     Subject: Is there anything they can’t ruin?
Remote job gone and replaced with 3 hours of commuting (and that’s early, avoiding peak traffic) AWS gone, well fine that wasn’t going to work for me with RTO anyway so I had already ditched that. Now they are talking about rigid start and end times, and if they have everyone coming and going at once 9-5 that is going to add at least another hour at each end just getting in and out of the building and garage and having to travel during peak traffic. and I’m going to just have to tell my teens they are on their own now because I am basically unavailable, and their dad is not in a position to help that much either. I might have to move in with my coworker during the week. Giving boarding school a second thought for my youngest. Maybe sleeping in my car? I don’t know. Sell my house, buy an RV and park next to work.

So what’s coming next? Is there anything they can’t/won’t touch? Health insurance? The ability to take a single day of sick leave without medical documentation?

Just get the RIFs over with please.