Ever wondered why this question always scores the lowest? I think that's because leaders don't give a flying f to people who can understand and fix the process. Process teams are either working on spi maintenance with low value, paid very low or... — read more
September Layoffs
All the major banks are going to do massive layoffs in September.Many citizens will be impacted. You all must protest! The CEOs lack morality and they like to eat from the plates of hardworking Americans! and they love to see them go homeless. Some... — read more
MyWork requests
Anyone have experience getting approved to work remotely to help a family member with medical issues? My mom lives with me and broke her hip a while back. She’s coming home from rehab soon and I need to work from home for a while to be safe. She’s... — read more
Questionable Hiring
This company has become so toxic. I am an internal candidate applying to do what I went to graduate school for and have over a decade of experience doing the tasks at the company. I have mentors very high up in the department. I reached out to the... — read more
How should I handle 8-hour requirement - please advise
I haven't discussed this with my manager yet so would be grateful for input or info anyone has on policy. Here's my situation: I work East Coast hours from West Coast (CA) I have worked 6am (and sometimes 5am) to 8am from home, then train into... — read more
Workplace Excellence vs Work Excellence
Workplace excellence often ends up meaning: looking good sounding good being visible being “aligned” being socially smooth fitting the corporate narrative participating in culture, meetings, rituals It’s about optics and behavior inside the... — read more
I Know You All Have This Person
I know every team has that one person who somehow helped ruin WPE for everybody. So instead of actually dealing with that person, we changed the rules for everyone and just collectively took it up the a-s. And the funniest part? That person is... — read more
Begun the Badge Wars have.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article316910881.html Let's the badge wars begin.
benefit is
Does anyone know how the BAC partnership with the India finance company benefit us?
Merrill is 4 days in office
I am being told by my band 3 managing director that Merrill will be 4 days in office, regardless of location or office/assigned seat/flex seat. Client facing areas may be 5 days in office if they are not already.
Get Active Challenge
We used to get a gift card or something for completing the get active challenge are we not getting anything this year
Four good weeks out of every six-week reporting period.
Could someone please clarify how the “4 good weeks out of 6” policy is measured? If it is tied to the 3‑days‑in‑office requirement, does that mean I would only need to be in the office 12 days over a 6‑week period (4 weeks × 3 days)? Our team... — read more
Not comply with RTO and get layoff package?
Would that work to not comply with new RTO and drag it out as long as possible till they terminate me or lay me off. Would this set me up for a possible layoff package and I could get unemployment benefits?
Flagscape
Wow Bac invests 250 billion on various entities. Also partners with India finance company. Thanks for working your a-s off as the company looks elsewhere . Don’t forget to follow the new RTO rules.
WPE Policy Changes
Does anyone have manager-level insight into the new WPE policy? My manager gave a presentation that was clearly built with Copilot based on what they learned in manager training, and the rules seem pretty aggressive. For example, even if your kid, a... — read more
Managed out
Anyone else reached that magic stage of corporate where no one knows what you do including you? Responsibilities evaporating. is this job security , organizational incompetence or a layoff load screen
Interns and new teammates
What's the point of all of these recruiting and connection events they're doing for interns, new employees etc. they are just going to be working the same dead end jobs we are, one day here gone the next, or one day working on a project next day... — read more
Does anyone at BOA have a sense of humor or a personality?
I came to BOA a few years ago from another big bank. Everyone I work with here seems to be vapid, boring and uncreative.
WPE changes first location strategy next
If you are not in a hub location I suggest you start looking for a new job. Hub locations are a lot of them by area but LOB but if you are in a satellite office you will be forced back in
The Cuts Are Happening
They are actively happening. They are steering non client-facing people into client facing roles. They need people to work in the branches. Right now it’s a gentle nudge. Next year, it’s going to be far more aggressive with additional role... — read more
Layoffs with WPE tracking
Anyone have any tips on upcoming layoffs or planned layoffs associated with the September 14 WPE tracking? There is usually a big one in March, we might have another one sooner. WF just had a big one earlier this week
Made it out
Finally I don't have to deal with pointless meetings and tolerate toxic bosses or incompetence. Life on the outside is beautiful.
Full days in office - meaning?
I know this is a slightly stupid question but the new WPE email says “employees must work in office through the course of their normally scheduled hours” so for most people I assume 9-5? Does anyone know if there’s any actual monitoring rules like... — read more
Trust in team?
What happened to that sh-t? 🤷🏻♂️
M365 Outlook is dreadful!
I don’t know who makes these stupid decisions, but this is ridiculous. Absolutely insane and inefficient. It’s no secret that M3 65 has nationwide problems and significant issues with their service, delays, errors, etc. It’s a problem when my... — read more
No consecutive wfh days
Whatever happened to that bullsh-t?
Private bank
Looking to transition from Merrill to possible portfolio manager 1 position in the private bank. Does anyone know much about PB these days?
They should be treating all of us better
It's such a simple concept that's been proven true over and over again: treat employees like they matter, and they'll make a difference. But when you treat people like cr-p, even if it's just some, everyone notices. The respect you lose isn't just... — read more
None of you complained about compensation on the employee survey?
Got the email about survey results for Ops. None of the areas for improvement cited garbage pay. None of you wrote about that? Wild. Unless they ignored that complaint. And they would never do that.
New WPE changes Sept 14
I heard the original announcement - 3 non consecutive days for cubes, 4 days in office for offices, attest to all day - is being made next week with start date of Sept 14. HR previewed the announcement for HR employees this week.
American Layoffs
Only Americans will be laid off. H1B and other visa types are a legal obligation, and are expensive to hire, rehire and layoff. So, it is better to be as a H1B employee. You will not be touched and if you have a same caste manager, you have super... — read more
Employer engagement survey results
Results are out and they look positive? high 80s for the engagement score. Not what I expected what do you all think? Didn’t give a good rating to my immediate manager , hope it won’t come back to bite me in end of year reviews. Fell for the ‘fully... — read more
Overtime labor laws
My colleague and I are working on a project that has resulted in required overtime. He obviously gets into the office three hours after me so I have to stay on later/longer to make sure we’re on the same page. If I take a couple hours off for a... — read more
Hiring and Firing Practices
All Internal hiring/firing immigration fraud must be well documented. Please be a whistleblower to report the fraudsters. Also, report the unethical layoffs of American employees and any illegal offshoring practices. Document LCA Violations: Take... — read more
More productive WFH.
When I was working from home during covid, I was amazed at how much work I got done. I was proud of how much I accomplished daily. It was a pleasure working every day. Now that I'm back in the office, the commute, the noise, distractions, bothered... — read more
Layoffs
Anyone have any news or updates?
August Pull
What weeks will be included in the Aug 2 WOE pull?
Mid year
Has anyone had a mid year yet? How did it go?
Teams S ucks
At what point do we get to give real feedback on Teams and M365? I’m ready to let them know IT SU-KS! I’ve never felt so chaotic, unorganized, constantly interrupted, and overlooking messages (I’ve never done that!). I don’t even open the silly... — read more