IBM Software mandates in-office work for employees living within 50 miles | “Software Executive Focals” will be laying down the law::undefined
Yet another company doing RTO layoffs to avoid paying severance
Financials coming up too. Got to make it look like they’re ‘taking action’ on poor performance.
I hate how inhumane money makes us.
It’s odd too. A lot of places have offices in various cities too. So you can live in one city, and your team works in a different city or state. So their micromanaging isn’t possible since you’ll be at a completely different office. It just doesn’t make sense. So we enter the “quiet layoff” stages.
Next headline will read, “Have companies started their own version of quiet quitting by forcing employees back to the office in an effort to get them to quit or he fired.”
Yeah my company’s office is 20 miles from where I live. I rarely go into the office, usually just for company events. Because the entire team I manage is based in India… so I would just be going into the office to have virtual meetings there instead of where I live. Thankfully they are on a fully remote policy, if they decided to change that I’d probably seek another job
I do exactly this 3 days a week…
I would probably voluntarily go in 1-2 days a week because it’s nice to get out sometimes. However, a mandatory 3 days feels dumb.
That’s hilarious.
Now now, some of the executives probably sincerely miss harassing their employees.
Is there any case law on whether RTO constitutes constructive dismissal for unemployment purposes?
Nah. The managers prefer in-office and companies are addicted to “corporate culture” which they can’t control if you’re working from home.
It has nothing to do with firing people (unless you want the most competent people to quit) nor does it have anything to do with real estate (no company will try to help fix a collective action problem voluntarily unless the attempt gives good PR or profits)
“Boomer company pushes boomer policies, more at 10.”
more at 9
The boomers are in bed by 10
Time to move farther away from the office.
Say… 51 miles?
What a stupid policy.
Incredibly
Now I wonder if it is like road miles or… direct line in a map.
Wow, yet another industry-trailing company showing why they are no longer relevant in big tech. They just sell overpriced garbage tech to other old, falling behind companies.
ProTip: Move.
Pro tip: move jobs
Yet another reason not to work for IBM (as if another one was necessary).
I have to assume somebody’s done a cost analysis on rto and determined that keeping their boots on our necks is more profitable in the long run than employees being happier and more productive.
This just layoffs with a different name.
And no severance payout
I have to assume somebody’s done a cost analysis
I don’t get why you assume there’s a cost analysis that could be accurate over the reported productivity increases of working remotely.
It’s likely the obvious, a change that isn’t good but it’s done anyway because people in a company often do not do what’s good for the company, they chase what’s good for them personally.
Yeah they’re going to drive down costs by having employees quit due to RTO 🤣
Gotta justify all those facilities expenses!
IBM’s so old they make money from leasing their properties.
My company has a mandatory 3 days in office policy already. However, they haven’t given any details about how it’s calculated.
If I have a vacation Monday & Tuesday do those count toward my days or not? If not what if I’m out Monday - Wednesday? We have unlimited PTO so there is no formal record keeping of my days off. How does my boss (or whoever is counting my days) factor in considering my PTO? If I did 5 days one week does that mean I could do 1 day the next week? What about traveling for work?
50 miles! What a shit commute.
