#office

is it safe to assume this status remains for at least next 2 years until Plano campus is built? I really need to get my family out of rental situation and I was curious if anybody is doing the same this year in a non hub location. If not what else are you doing with your current homes?

Why does leadership expect us to be in the office if there’s never enough seating?

Why do people reserve seats everyday and never show up?

Why are we even allowed to reserve seats in the first place for weeks out??

The message has been clear for month now in the entirety of underwriting. Move to claims or gtfo. All this worry about going in office more next year. brother, you’ll be gone by October lmao. Get on the same page about creating a union or just accept whats coming like the good little sheep you are. Out the Farm and out to pasture.

6-Hour Minimum Requirement for In-Office Time
Effective immediately (although April 1 is a start date)
Reporting will look for 8 hours but minimum is 6 hours
No exceptions (unless people are out of office for sick time, vacation, approved leave, etc.)
You can’t extend the hours throughout the week; it must be a minimum of 3 days/week, 6 hours/day
Absolutely no gaming the system — anyone caught doing this will be terminated immediately
New Info
No announcement will be made
Applies to every employee even if their management hasn’t told them about it
3 full days/week does mean 12 days/month, although 11 still meets the 90%+ requirement
Reports have already been sent to level 4 leaders for where things stand today
Minimum of 6+ hours in office does not mean people only have to work 6 hours/day

I have been trying all day to grab a copy of my payslip.
The link to last year’s payslip works but the main link just spins.
Has anyone else tried to get payslip copies recently?

You'd think that when the big wigs demand RTO, they'd at least supply you with the basics in the office.

No plates in the dining area for a week now, but the corporate propaganda "Our values" banner is flying proudly

Anyone else have people in their office pack stuff up, and told they’re being moved to telecommuter status?

I am in the Richardson office and a large number of people were abruptly told we’re moving to telecommuter. I’m happy, but don’t understand the urgency or the decision process.

Wondering what the deal is with moving a bunch of us from VPC and TOC downtown to the new Station B office? This is adding at least another 30 minutes to my already lengthy commute! Anyone understand what’s the real reason for this?

When are the buildings going to reopen? I kinda miss office experience

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/oracle-scales-nashville-offices-support-224900596.html

Will the Austin office be affected by the layoffs?

They really want people on-site. Guess this will decide what site is next on the block.

Put a bad review and fire people?

But having an interview for another job so loud everyone can hear you.

Ba--s!

I think he nailed it, too.

Get rid of teams. Back in office 4 days a week to collaborate. If I am taking / collaborating with Johnny, who is an Executive Director in Risk, Governance, Compliance, Regulatory Remediation for Credt, WIM,Corporate and Community banking who is an SME in RCSA, then my teams might be yellow for an hour. I am getting extremely valuable knowledge on how to be on calls all day long and filling out metric reports for people who look at those reports and challenge them with questions like “where do you get this data?”

Confirmed many office are closing end of May. Get ready for more Rifs to follow.

Does anyone know why there has been a push to get us using bank laptops to replace our HVDs?

Anything happening yet?

They will loose too many employees by forcing time back in the office. Employees have to many advantages by working from home. Less time on the road, less money spent on gas, clothes, food, less wear on vehicle, etc. They can have repairs, deliveries, etc, taken care of without taking time off. They have their own private bathroom and can make lunch at home. There is absolutely no benefit to the employees for being in office. Neither is it a benefit for the employer. Just a micromanagement tool disquised by colorful language like "collaboration" bs.

Remember once upon a time ago 240G (240 Greenwich St.) used to be 101 Barclay St? Has the address change the bank’s solution to side step being a privately owned public space (POPS)?

BNY is supposed to allow 24 hour public access to the lobby, and has historically done all it can to deny access. How convenient that changing the building facade will guarantee they cannot meet this legal requirement for at least another 3 years. Anything to keep the riff raff out, I guess.

Look up 101 Barclays Street here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/api/views/rvih-nhyn/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD

I heard this is coming in late 2026

If I badge into the office, is that a day in the office, even if I also have logged in at home and had to authenticate through PingID on the same day?

Things are changing.

Sort of like college so people can spend more time working and less time commuting if they are single or live far away? Nothing special similar to a college dorm with small rooms and community bathrooms. Or a hotel type setup. Minimal cost to the employees? I would definitely do that to cater to my minimal lifestyle and get out of traffic.

April 1! You ready for the Hunger Games? 4 days in office 8 hours a day. Those microwaves are going to be cranking all day long. Seats will be hard to come by and those Focus rooms will be filled to the brim with all the “look how important I am” workers.

The Keyboard and mouse at each station will be filled with germs and who knows what other funky bits. And those bathrooms, oh those bathrooms will ripe with unbelievable smells.

On the other hand, the collaboration that will take place will be incredibly helpful to furthering the foundation of Tech and Risk across all teams. For once WF got it right. Only way to make it better would be to have everyone come in 5 days a week. That’s just a pipe dream at this point, I guess. But a dreamer can dream

I am on maternity leave and have a private office in NY. Have they announced or will be announcing any changes to workplace excellence/ return to office? I just want to know what to expect. My manager said changes were coming but delayed - anyone know when?

What are the worst Intel IT apps and how do they negatively impact your work ?

hope nobody moved to this area recently...

Everything is slow.

Friday tomorrow, you know what that means, focus room reserved. I’ll be there at 6am with my yeti cup full 3/4 Jack Daniels 1/4 Joe. I’ll spend the morning researching March madness picks and calling my bookie, from the privacy of my office of course. I’ll go for my 30 minute morning dump and then a walk to see some friendlies around 9. Obviously share the sauce. Around 11 I head out for a liquid lunch at a nearby watering hole then take a little siesta in the truck. When I wake up I head back inside to jiggle my mouse and watch March madness games. It’s 2pm before you know it and I’ve hit my 8 hours, weekend is here. Time to close up and head to the bar for a couple more drinks and a basket of wings while I cash my bets. RTO ain’t so bad, there’s really no pressure to do anything besides show up and check the box. Life is good.

Anyone know why the changes to time in office has been delayed? What date will the announcement go out and when will it be effective?

As we transition to ODW, site visit reporting will be retired. However, the expectation remains the same: Onsite team members are expected to work a regular day from a Dell office five days a week. While attendance will not be shared, this expectation is non-negotiable

Have we won the battle?

This only applies to the Maryland offices because I have no clue what’s happening at other locations. I’ve been informed that they are tracking badging in Owings Mills and “collecting the data for who comes in their 2 days a week and who doesn’t”, at least for tech. I know most associates are in 4 days a week, especially at HP, but does anyone think they’ll mandate tech come in 4 days a week this year?

Does anyone have any idea of the direction of this new merged consumer office? It looks like a lot of role overlap. Will there be rifs on 3/19 for this area? Seems like the uhc consumer office folks are in a stronger position than the optum.

There is no way RTO is being enforced equally. The only people who are being forced to come in are the people on the phones. I walk the floors

I heard from my manager they are in the process of setting up IP tracking to determine how many hours a week you are in the office - presumably with end goal to have dashboard like 11 RTO days but now including how many hours your IP showed you in office.

Anyone have further details on IP or any other in office tracking being implemented?

I'm hoping this goes the same way as their development of badge in/badge out tracking which they were too incompetent to implement successfully, which is why we only have the badge in system now.

Current Understanding on Tracking
FTE - Badge swipe ins per month / 11
Contractors - Sapience Micromanagement Software

Personally I would have expanded the comments about the mouse but it was on point!

Anyone else hear that once we get that anticipated email from HR that band 3 and above need to be in office everyday as BAU. For now us band 4-6 or higher will need to be in office with flexibility and limits on that flexibility. I see the future where we are all back to 5 days and have some flexibility as long as it’s not a consistent thing

BoA just signed up to take over all of OBP, making current tenants of 600,000 SF subtenants of BoA i.e. no immediate big expansion but we went from 1.8m SF leased to 2.4m SF total so flex option for the future...perhaps this is to enable the full RTO ?

1. Folks will spend more time finding available seats
2. Will spend more time commuting during peak hours
3. Will log in less at home if 8 hours requirement is met for day.
4. People may work on different shifts like 6am-2pm vs 9-5 vs 10-6. It’s hard to schedule meeting across different time zones.
   What else?