u/Far-Explorer-8621

Sorry, I have nothing new to say here, I just feel the need to vent. Since execs (starting with Joe) and HR have essentially said they don't care what we say about this topic on the survey (since they're not going to budge), and since I WANT my thoughts to be read by people who are actually sympathetic, I'm posting here.

I just wanted to thank the company for requiring people to be in office after we've had training thunderstorms through the Peoria area since 11pm last night. Thanks for taking the well being of your valued employees and their expensive vehicles into account when telling them to drive to the office daily, even through thunderstorms and heavy downpours, bunched with traffic driving on the highway at 40MPH because visibility is poor. And today I drove through all that just to be in an office where the other few people on my small team, plus my supervisor, are all out of office on vacation or medical. It was all for NOTHING because I have NO ONE to physically collaborate with today. F*** THIS.

I swear to God that the ONE good thing about getting into an accident on my commute would be having a legit excuse to not work for awhile. And I'd rather not be hospitalized, but if I were, damn straight I'll let my coworkers struggle in my absence as a big ol' middle finger back to Cat. If I'm ever hurt because of this RTO policy, I hope Cat loses more money over my absence than I ever made them, because Cat f***ing sucks.

I'm still working here because of a lack of alternatives. I'm taking their money (and using it to buy devices like this that I can use to tell them to go f*** themselves). But I DO NOT AND WILL NOT LOVE ANY COMPANY RUN BY ASSHOLES. And yeah, if you prioritize the company's success over the well being and safety of the workers, you're an ASSHOLE. You didn't need full RTO in order to be successful, and everyone knows that. People who still bleed yellow these days are either gullible or complicit with the enemies who run things.

I still do good work. I still do my job. So maybe execs don't care how employees feel as long as they get results. But I will go out of my way to avoid working extra hours to meet aggressive arbitrary deadlines, even if it'd save Cat money. You don't get everything from me when you're holding things back yourself.

And I hope that when execs reluctantly host their town halls, they can feel the contempt, the disrespect, and the loathing that some of us far below them feel because of their decisions.

I've heard several people in the last week, from different departments, say there's a new report being run that reviews everyone's badge in/out times and calculates how much time each employee spent in office. If the time is less than the desired amount (not sure what that number is or if it's consistent across departments...I heard 4 hours from one area, 7 hours from another), the person ends up on a report that's mailed out, and they're considered a PIP candidate. This means that things like doctor appointments, off-campus lunch, and even walks are a problem according to HR. Anything that interferes with being in office is problematic.

Has anyone else heard this or experienced it firsthand? I figured badge tracking would happen sporadically, but didn't expect it to be this widespread. But it seems like there's a renewed effort beginning to make sure people are in office, so they're starting to crack down again.

Cat had better stop advertising flexibility if this is the direction they're going. The weak job market is the only leverage they have right now.

I'm curious, do you get Juneteenth as a paid holiday? I work for a Fortune 50 company and we do NOT get this day off. Instead, when it became a federal holiday, the company stopped giving Good Friday as a holiday and gave everyone one floating holiday day to use instead.