#workfromanywhere

Based on Slack numbers we're down like 450 or something actives, beginning with around 26,000-something.

I guess maybe the 20% is over the course of a couple years but IDK

Anyone still around in US timezone after the latest round is executed, be prepared to work during IDC timezone in addition to the regular hours that you already do as you all will be reporting into IDC.

IDC VPs have figured out there are no jobs in US . So IDC experience and work hours can be rolled out to every one left in US.

Is anyone else hearing whispers of five days a week next year?

In Corp Risk and a few people have mentioned hearing that rumor over the past few days.

Has anyone else been denied for their previously approved work from home accommodations? I've been approved for two years and now I got denied. I dont understand this push to be in the office, its tanking morale

RTO is getting exciting. My work area is over capacity, so I’m assuming the normal agenda is:

8:55 - Make awkward eye contact with someone already sitting in a chair
8:57 - Still searching for a chair
9:00 - Find a chair
9:15 - Defend chair
9:30 - Establish territorial boundaries
10:00 - “Collaboration”
10:15 - Someone steals my chair

Next time put Musical Chairs Corporate Edition, in the calendar invite.

I’m exploring alternative workspaces. Current availability:

My assigned desk - occupied by someone who got here before sunrise

Conference room - booked through 2047

Phone booth - currently housing three people and a flute

Break room - apparently eating lunch is considered “collaboration”

Lobby - security says I can’t plug my laptop into the revolving door

Cafe - one table, 37 people, and someone has already claimed the outlet

Stairwell - “not an approved workspace,” despite having excellent acoustics

Bathroom - HR has asked that I stop referring to Stall #3 as my “private office”, also has excellent acoustics

Parking lot - Wi-Fi signal mysteriously disappears once I cross the property line

Elevator - currently occupied, but I’m confident I can squeeze in with my laptop and spend the day riding between floors while aggressively maintaining eye contact on Zoom

My car - becoming the strongest candidate

I’m sure leadership has a flexible solution.

Apparently “return to office” means return to the general vicinity of the office and figure the seating situation out amongst yourselves. Our return was planned, but seating wasn’t.

How long are we staying in the office, if there is a badge-out system?

Is there a “minimum number of hours required”?

Does anyone know the “rules”?

When is Plano going to 5 days week in office?

I work in tech and want to stay anonymous but I am worried almost every day about loss of remote days or just the loss of my job.

Enough people around Stankey have finally gotten in his ear and policy changes are in the works. Senior HR leadership is preparing to roll it out in the next 6-12 months.

It will be presented as a "change to presence report requirements."

It will most likely involve quarterly presence requirements instead of weekly, with some (probably not a ton) of leeway for occasional work from home.

The biggest factor motivating the change is problems attracting and retaining new hires - especially younger workers.

Nobody will tell Stankey directly that he was wrong, but it's being couched as "You've done an amazing job transforming our culture! We're ready to take the next step now."

He's bought into that.

Here to shear that there is a massively supportive corporate level campaign to monitor and manage compliance with the RTW mandates. This includes the 5-day requirement for employees who have always been assigned to an office to badge in five days a week, and the January 2027 requirement for former remote employees close enough to an office to work 5 days a week in office.

Leaders are cautioned to monitor dashboard activity and use non-compliance for employee exits. HR is also monitoring aggressively. If you have an under table agreement with you direct manager, HR is overseeing it all. Plan accordingly.

Important change on how you access Webex

Keeping our data and systems secure means evolving how we work, including how we access tools like Webex. With this in mind, Webex will now follow Cisco's Trusted Device Standard and only be accessible from Cisco-trusted devices.

What to expect:
This change will roll out in phases, beginning August 31 and continuing through September. Once it takes effect, you'll be automatically signed out of Webex on all your devices. Simply sign back in on a Cisco-trusted device, such as your Cisco laptop. Going forward, you can only sign in to Webex using a Cisco-trusted device.
If you're using Android, you'll need to use the Webex app in your work profile.

Why this matters:
Adding Webex to our trusted device standard gives us an extra layer of protection for more sensitive data and helps pave the way for new Al capabilities to enhance your Webex experience.

tldr; you wont be able to use Webex on your personal phone without installing Cisco spyware that severely limits your phones usability for security reasons

I see some people remote on Teams, can i request remote option, right now inperson bh , i work long hours

I dont understand why are they making cuts to the tech when they need us to do the work it's already been shown at the very least we are cheaper than the AI alternatives.

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.

Has anyone here had success requesting an accommodation to continue working fully virtual due to a disability, rather than being required to meet the in-office/hybrid work requirement? This would be for a transfer position, as my current position is fully virtual (0 days onsite). I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience and how the process went.

15 minutes to turn on my computer
Internet in home office is absolutely ridiculous

I would rather post here. Please list other issues.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/bank-of-america-ends-back-to-back-remote-days-for-hybrid-staff/ss-AA2a63P6?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ACTS&cvid=6a7f22320f7f47b794912555dfdf4ad7&ei=26

The revised hybrid work policy, including the ban on consecutive remote days and the three-day in-office requirement, will be implemented across all Bank of America offices in the United States. The bank has not disclosed the number of employees who will be affected by this change.

😂😂😂😂 no one is on my floor today. It is so empty! I am going home now - guess I missed the memo that RTO is optional.

DO NOT COMPLY! Bill’s gonna cry!

Anyone have any anecdotal information on people leaving due to RTO. I know a few people that have but nothing outside my business line.

I realize these types of questions get asked a lot. Searching for previous posts is ok but usually yields a variety of responses that made it difficult to determine the actual policy/practice.

Before I got laid off no one was enforcing 8 hours in the office for 3 days a week. So I went in for a bit then did most of my hours at home because I had literally no co-located coworkers.

Is there reporting now that shows if you left early to finish at home? Is it still 3 days a week (this role I applied for is in CSBB).

Assuming there's at least some leeway with Dr appts etc I don't mind being in office 3 days a week. But I thought I heard rumors of 4 or 5 days in office for some groups before I got laid off - usually investment employees.

Curious on the potential of layoff / any insight. I work for the Optum Care at Home - Care Navigator role. DSNP plan.

A lot of people quit this role and they are not re hiring - but have brought on plenty of Philippines staff.

I have always felt the role won’t stay on shore but im curious of any word or input

I’m checking the dashboard. I am at 57.4% for some reason.

I am in compliance every other week except one week where I came into office one day, had two home days, had used sick leave one day, and had an approved non office work day.

Why would that drop me below 60% average? all are approved days.

I'm not sure why, but remote jobs have started popping up in my feed again, and not bad ones. I'm tempted to start applying, if I can get the courage. The devil I know still seems better than the devil I don't, but I miss WFH so much that it could push me to go for it.

Her manager asking my friend to move to office to get promotion. She is currently remote.

does it worth relocation?

I do not understand why Xerox can’t be bold and offshore all non-direct-client roles (sales basically). It is part of the strategy but in typical Xerox way is not implement properly or fully. Always exceptions to dilute the impact. No need for anyone who does reporting or bookings or planning to be onshore. No need for service delivery unless actually at client sites as part of contract. No need for sales operations or sales support or bid management or sales specialists or solution consultants to be onshore. There’re is the technology and hybrid ways of working that can make these happen if someone would just be bold. Sounds drastic but we are in drastic times and where it been done it works.

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

Fidelity has ended hybrid work. 75,000 employees now expected to be in the office 5 days per week

JPM, Goldman, BofA, Morgan Stanley, PNC and Trust have all moved to 5 day mandates in the past year.

Maybe this can put a 4-1 mandate into perspective.

Since this is a layoff-focused community, it would be really helpful if people could share companies they’ve found to be remote friendly or that don’t limit hiring based on geographic location. I think that information could benefit a lot of us. It doesn’t have to just be banks or financial services.

I’ve been with the bank 15 years and I used to love it so much that I was hoping to retire here but not anymore.

Anyone know if they are expanding RTO still? Has anyone been able to get an exception?

I’m currently on leave- no email. Can’t login to work email.. anybody else?

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/27/openai-chatgpt-work-specialists
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Has any HOP employee worked somewhere other than their home address? Did you ask and they allowed? Did you just do it and nothing happened?

Does anyone actually know people who have left specifically because of RTO?
Are they waiting to put their notice in?

Everyone says they’re going to but I haven’t seen it. I’d be interested to know.

Where have people gone who have left the company?

Question for HouseCalls APCs — how’s everyone’s schedule looking for August and September? Curious if others are noticing a pattern of unusually few visits scheduled starting mid-August onward.

Is three days in Singapore Office, being tracked

It’s interesting to see hiring leaders into high-level roles with fully remote. Is this acceptable?

What is the purpose of the 3rd office day? He-l, hardly anybody does it and lots of other teams barely come in for the required 2 days & are still employed. They come in for a few hours, swipe badge and are out.

13.8 days required this month, so you need to be in 14 days or get talked to.

I plan to just go in 12 days and let it be. It’s freaking 95 degrees where I am at and now the air quality is bad, way too dangerous to suffer in extreme heat and hazardous air just so I can sit by myself and talk to my co workers on team.

Anyone just going to say f it or are you doing 14?