We need to outlaw unnecessary RTO
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
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Market seems to be doing this for us so far.
I mean, there's nothing morally wrong or dangerous about RTO
It's more something akin to pay and benefits. Aka what it needs is unions.
I think it's morally wrong to allow a full-time employee to move across the country and begin to transition their career into being fully remote, have them buy a house, settle in with their new family, and then tell them that if they don't move back, they're out a job.
I'd say that's morally wrong.
Amazon is doing that. I've heard they're hemorrhaging employees in some divisions.
Which is part of the goal, layoffs that aren't called layoffs.
Well, there's the contribution to climate change. There's the added danger of driving at all - look at traffic fatalities. I'd argue that a business forcing unnecessary hazards on employees is morally wrong, as is causing unnecessary pollution.
I mean, are we talking about bank tellers here? If you're not a customer service person in a bank branch specifically there for face to face interactions, I struggle to think what you'd need to go to an office for at BoA.
Commutes are dangerous.
And that carbon footprint
You know? It's funny how much harder it would be to get a union started up if everyone is working remotely.
Riot games recently sent out a layoff letter. They told everyone to go home that day and take the next day off.
Seems smart. Give everyone a chance to cool off before they stoke further resentment at the water cooler.
WHAT? You don't think there are moral arguments against RTO?
How about the fucking AIR WE BREATHE?
IT for a different bank here (a little smaller than BoA but not by much) - only about 30% of our userbase is in the branch offices full time - everyone is perma-wfh or hybrid & there are no plans to change that. in my office space (downtown in a major metropolitan area), we're actively downsizing - there's no reason to pay rent for floors where no one sits on.
I would bet this leads to BoA having higher costs than you - paying for additional unneeded office space and ALL that entails, plus at least for me, I'd insist on a premium in wages to be in an office regularly vs WFH most of the time to all of the time.
How does the media find out about this? Are they asking the bank? Does the bank publish a press release? Does an employee that doesn't want to go back inform the media?
Most likely the last one. Everything would be internal company logistics and this pisses off employees who report it to the media.
Cool. I guess that makes sense.
When any company sends out ethically questionable emails to a large group of employees someone always leaks it to the media. How could they possibly stop it without restricting when and where people can read their emails (while simultaneously preventing people from using their phones in the office or... memorizing things LOL).