Has anyone tried to get a medical exemption from RTO? Went to my doctor yesterday and found my blood pressure up 20 points from last year, cholesterol, blood sugar up too. My doc asked if I was under a lot of stress at home or work. Told him about RTO after 10 years of remote work and the stress of the commute. He offered to prescribe remote work. Will USB honor this or will they fight? Do I just give the note to my manager?
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If you have a medical signed they have to try to accommodate you, they will try to fight it. I filled one out from my doctor for pregnancy and matrix called me trying to tell me that I’m not high risk enough- like that’s not your decision that’s my doctors decision - I ended up mentioned that this is a state law to provide accommodation and they called me back saying it was fine to wfh during the remainder of my pregnancy - prepare for them to fight it though
@129 that quote "Meanwhile, we have thousands of people remotely working or not working and their time is not tracked." is why we have RTO. the MC's mindset is this quote
@106 I was sympathetic to you right until you wrote "Meanwhile, we have thousands of people remotely working or not working and their time is not tracked." Just because one goes to the office does not mean they work and just because one WFH does not mean they do not work. So let's keep that separated.
I recently applied for an accommodation have not heard anything so I filed the interim flexible work arrangement that managers can sign. Should be interesting to see how long it takes for someone to notice the new “remote” status and then try to tell me I have to come back to an office. Meanwhile, we have thousands of people remotely working or not working and their time is not tracked.
They will target you but document EVERYTHING. Get FMLA and document, document and document. Establish a pattern. Are you getting treated differently than peers? Yep, then document. Build a case. They arent very smart and put even less smart people in positions of middle management that will bring the company lawsuits in near future.
The request for accommodation goes through Matrix.
It is very hard to get wfh accommodation right now. Even if you’ve had it for years and your doctor continues to support it.
gK will only be around a little while longer...just hang in there...the next guy may or may not be better but time will tell..
@OP depending on your state, you can qualify under ADA. And because of HIPAA, they can't ask what's it for. Get the doctor's note and file with HR directly. This makes it harder to fire you because they open themselves up for wrongful discrimination due to disability.
The reason they are pushing back are all the people with nonsense claims when RTO initially happened. You all brought this on yourself. Before everyone went remote there were very few remote.
@e1 if you're based in the US there's already a target on your back.
Fair or not, just know it will put a target on your back
@dq no, but someone could get approved for the mental health issues like anxiety, that are causing the high blood pressure. Maybe not long term, but long enough to help them work through it.
They are not going to approve a WFH for hypertension, lol.
@bx they are making the forms harder for doctors and providing ridiculous "accommodations" to say you should still work in the office. Like say the lighting gives you seizures they will say, "okay we will buy you a dark plastic bubble to work in at the office" which is ridiculous and defeats the whole point of "in office culture"
They committing administrative harassment against people with legitimate health problems to force them to quit.
Former coworker of mine got a Medical WFH exemption, I wanna say it was in February 2025.
He was then laid off in August 2025, along with 2 other people.... Both of whom were also WFH people. Not saying it's 100% the reason they were let go, but it did strike me as peculiar.
@bq in what ways are they making the process harder? You’re already required to have medical documentation. Are they asking for more information?
@be Definitely making the process harder and have generally seen 6 month increments vs. 1 year. I would start the process 6-8 weeks before your accommodation ends; they are overworked and it is taking a decent amount of time for renewals, too
Are they actually fighting legitimate accommodations now? I’ve applied twice and each time got approved within several weeks for a year at a time. Has this changed??? My latest one expires at the end of the year.
Good luck, even for renewals of previous (completely legit) accommodations, the progress for renewal is taking 2-3 months. You will then need to renew, with doctors notes etc, every 6 months
You can apply for an accommodation, but they are generally not approving WFH accommodations right now and HR is flooded with accommodation requests. It’s taking a very long time to process and like I said, they are pushing back hard on them this year. Then once you’re approved, if you’re approved, you’ll need to do it again in 6 months even if you have a permanent disability.
Did your doctor prescribe how to be an adult?
List the triggers the office environment causes. They won’t accept anything about commute because that is outside the realm of the job.
Yeah you can submit it and ask for it to be renewed but they take months to get you through the process.
@a8 that's actually great news, you know how easy it is to pay off an Indian doctor?
Sorry only Indian doctors notes will be accepted at US Bank of India
I know a few individuals with legit health problems and the company is fighting them to making renewing the exemption as hard as humanly possible.
It's honestly disgusting. Legally, they can say they have a process for medical exemptions. But what they don't say is that they will make it nearly impossible by offering ridiculous, "accommodations" and setting you up to fail with paperwork.
Remember to vote, "would not recommend US Bank as a place to work" and trash these sociopaths in the next talk to us survey.
Go to accommodation ( Inside USB and search Accommodation) and applied there, attach Dr. note with it, then HR person will call tip with you.. if ok they will give 1 year ( each year will need renew and get Dr. note again). I would run by your manager first. Good luck.