#office

When will virtual employees be asked to move to a hub?

Guys are in our building today moving out old furniture to get things ready for the final group coming back in! Good luck in getting a spot you like. Those of us that have been coming in for TWO YEARS have taken all of the good ones. Enjoy your final days at home!

Dan’s goal isn’t to usher in a workplace utopia so let’s stop philosophizing about how AI should be used in theory. It’s just not going to happen!

Remember it’s the good old cut throat Verizon company culture we’re talking about here.

I had 35 hours in the office already this week before I woke up this morning. That meant only 5 hours were needed to get to my 40 hours. Got in at 7am, found my desk, connected to the wifi and chilled for 5.25 hours. Left the office by 12:30 and grabbed lunch and a beer before getting home. Forcing me to work 40 hours a week in the office really opened my eyes to what is really important. That I can thank Stank for.

Looking forward to seeing you all Monday as I return to the office because three days a week sitting on zoom calls in whatever cube I could find wasn't enough.
Looking forward to having my badge swipes monitored while my hba co-worker gets to hang out with their kids for summer break in between meetings, mine is in daycare that costs as much as my mortgage.
Looking forward to not only being second class to overpaid useless gps but now to the person who faked a panic attack and got an accommodation to sit at home and pretend to work.
Everyone who says it isn't us vs them is a mo--n. It is, hba is an advantage. They aren't getting badge swipes checked, no one is looking at how long they stay online. They need to get rid of hba if we are expected to be an office company now. Why have them at all? Throughout the day you see hba's "away" from their computer all the time. GPs, HBAs then the rest of us peons. We don't even get complimentary snacks.

Been hearing rumors from upper management that the company is moving towards having to smoke and vape free properties throughout. Can anyone confirm?

We were told every day is a drop in location at Bedminster. So why do people have personal stuff (including plaques) at "open" desks? Name plates also....

All on my laptop. But hey, good thing I'm at the office because...why exactly?

I don't know about other markets but here in Charlotte we have far too many people that are assigned to work in the Uptown area but use the Ballantyne office more than they do their assigned building in Uptown.

It's definitely, a pain in the rear because there is only a handful of drop in spaces on first come first serve. People who drop in, in most cases have no respect of their surroundings and talk loud and have conference calls on the speaker. Not to mention they use the drop in rooms all day as if its their office when it should be used if you need to be in a confidential meeting.

Not mention they don't clean up after themselves. I can go on and on but I do hope something gets done about it because drop in people think just because someone that has a assigned seat and isn't in the office that day , that they are privy to use that space and/or remove some of their equipment to another workspace.

I actually hope the WPE applies to being at your assigned building for the minimum days.

I've heard the rumor both in the office and on layoffs.com - not sure how realistic is to expect that?

Hope they relax the RTO policies soon !!!

Relocating to Dallas this summer and thinking of moving close to Hosp Elementary school in Frisco. I have kids in elementary schools and wondering if anyone is in this situation to commute from Frisco to downtown Dallas and what times you usually start your commute and manage the 9 hours at office. I am unsure if there are any closer areas to cut down the commute for present HQ and upcoming HQ

I have been calculating my commute time lately, and the numbers are depressing. I spend about ninety minutes in the car every day, which adds up to more than an entire workday each week just sitting in traffic. I am curious what everyone else's numbers look like. How much of your life have you lost to driving since we were forced back into the office?

The Intuit Atlanta office just listed for rent

https://www.showcase.com/405-n-angier-ave-ne-atlanta-ga-30308/28500221/

Anyone Else see IN the Becky EMail how it was more Centered Around the “3-4 days a week office presence” more than the summer Friday????

Is anyone really running reports to see who goes in the office?

Supposed to be daily drop ins - first come first served. Well. People are decorating and putting up their plaques.

What happened? Not fair to everyone.

The Ridge hotel (company-owned, right next to the Basking Ridge office) will be closed for two months, June and July.
Expect "higher traffic volumes at...the entrance along with a visible law enforcement presence"
They are even barricading the shoulder of the part of route 287 that runs behind the hotel.
What on earth can this be about?

https://share.google/aaH7H2rcTgXtySWLP

Anyone hear any whisperings about the fate of the PDX office? Something seems off lately.

Everyone has said that the 3 day requirement is rolling. If that’s the case and I take two weeks off can I only go in 1 day the week before I’m off and one day the week I come back?

Anyone knows whats happening in the ME office?

👀🚐 Tan said great job, crushed it, I just need less of you and I want you in a hub. Though he was in The Hague he said Hague ain’t hub. Did I catch that correctly?

They sent an email re buildings A and B in Chandler. What do you think, will we get a stupid open office design with no cubicles, or a layout that will cram us in further so that we can all come in 5 days/week? Both? I loathe the open office setup, it's so distracting.

So I was being told I may have to start reporting to the office 3 days a week.I was wondering if this had any thing to do with the possibility of a strike with the labor unions .Any info

Stop telling me what you watched on Netflix last night.

I don't care what you watched on Netflix last night. I don't care that you're behind on Severance. I don't care that you're rewatching The Wire. I don't care that your wife made you watch The Bear and now you both have opinions about it.

I am at my hot desk. I have headphones on the desk in front of me and on my head. My calendar has a red block on it that says "deep work." My Slack status is the little do-not-disturb moon icon.

This is not subtle.

I worked from home for four years. I had three real conversations a day, all of them with people on my team about work things. I have been back in the office for nine weeks and last week alone I was told about a podcast, a documentary, two restaurants in the financial district that "everyone is talking about," and a guys daughter's recital. I do not know this guy's daughter. I do not know this guy.

Stop coming up to my desk. Stop hovering near my desk. Stop sliding into the hot desk next to me when there are eleven open ones on the other side of the floor.

The office is for the people who don't have anything to do. I have things to do.

Anyone know what’s going on?

Cree Lighting announced a second round of layoffs impacting its Racine, Wisconsin facility. Twenty-eight positions were eliminated on May 14, according to a federal notice. These cuts primarily affect office and support roles, including tax, graphic design, and marketing. The company cited "unforeseeable business circumstances" for bypassing the 60-day notice requirement. This action follows 172 manufacturing job cuts made in March.

Racine, Wisconsin

https://inside.lighting/news/26-05/cree-lighting-launches-round-two-layoffs

Planned to work on Memorial Day as I already have some client meetings scheduled. Anyone know if I go to the office will the hours count?

ASM

I’m assuming a lot of employees are going with Eneos. Will there even be a need for an office there after the sale?

Just a though, after several rounds of layoffs, there aren’t many employees left. So why do we still need so many office buildings?

If this is legit as most claims. I’m going to stop showing up in office and wfh

Rumor has it that a location has been selected. If you can't tell us officially, tell is here. Go ahead, the floor is yours.

So what are the core hours you are supposed to be in the office? Execs have a tantrum if it just so happens people are in a meeting in another room or they are walking in at 8:30 and no one is in yet. What is the expectation?

Perhaps it was already discussed here. Does anyone know if they truly track based on 8 hours in office? Or it can be 6 or 7? Any insight please and thank you.

Did anybody get one already?

Is there any legitimacy to these rumors? I need flexibility to for my work/life balance and going into the office 5 days a week will make that extremely difficult.