Fidelity Investments ending Hybrid Work From Home

[neo_mao]

Fidelity aims to enhance "connection, mentorship, and learning" by having employees physically together.

Lot of people wondering how other companies in Boston will adjust their policies on WFH as well.

Ya’ll like coming into the work or nah?

 

[sirlynxalot]

Saw this in Boston recently

 

[lithy]

https://neo-geo.com/forums/index.php?threads/email-fails.273564/#post-4619707

 

[Goober]

Coming into work in person would only be a detriment to all concerned

 

[GoosehanX]

My wife's company actually showed an increase in productivity when the workforce moved to work from home during the pandemic, they aren't in a rush to go back to the office full time. On the other hand, my company just fired a lady who potentially lost one of our accounts because she apparently was watching her grandbaby instead of doing any actual work.

 

[Tarma]

Some days I miss working in the office... I think, in an ideal world, I'd prefer a hybrid set-up where I go in the office 2 - 3 times a week, but don't have a commute that's anymore than 30 minutes each way.

That's not going to happen anytime soon. So, happy to stay remote for the time being.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

I will never work in an office again and I’d rather work as a supermarket cashier than give in to these billionaire cunts. If you want proof that this world is pure evil, this is it, there’s almost no reason to force people in an office for intellectual work.

 

[HornheaDD]

I was sent home during covid, like just about everyone else.

My company's home base is in San Antonio, I live north of Austin. We used to have a satellite 'home office' in Austin that I went to every day, but when we got sent home during covid, they sold the building to IBM and IBM demolished it to expand. So we dont have an Austin office anymore. I have no 'home base' to go into when I 'need' to go into the office - which is literally never.

FF to 2025 and they start telling San Antonio people to come in twice a month, and Austin people once a quarter. Thats honestly not too bad, but they are doing everything they can to walk back the WFH thing. The new CEO says he wants the same bullshit "togetherness" and all that. Bitch, weve been working from home for 6 years with 100% productivity, and we have enough interaction during our weekly zoom meetings. No one needs to come back to work.

They offer us mileage (something like 70 cents a mile which is laughable when gasoline is nearly $5 in my area) to drive out there, but tell us to deduct 20 miles each way when submitting the expense because that is the "daily commute to the office."

In Austin, we don't have an office. You fucking geniuses sold the building. My 'commute' is a 15 foot hallway from my bedroom to my office. The only traffic I hit are two idiot cats that lose their shit if we dont feed them by 8am. Their rationale is completely stupid. Now any and all internal job postings say that the job is 'based in San Antonio and a hybrid schedule can be reviewed only after a certain trial period.'

So, A. - there's no 'trial period.' Weve been working from home 100% successfully since 2020. And B. Their wording of "hybrid schedule" is their way of saying "You have to come in when we tell you and you wont get paid mileage, even if youre over 100 miles away."

 

[roker]

I've been working from home since before the pandemic. Coming up on 10 years.

It's misery.

I prefer a hybrid role.

 

[Neo Alec]

This is becoming a disturbing trend.

My company has been work from home since 2020, and no longer has the offices or localized workforce to support returning to the office. I just fear what I'd have to settle for if I ever had to look for work elsewhere.

 

[neo_mao]

there’s almost no reason to force people in an office for intellectual work.

to enhance "connection, mentorship, and learning" by having employees physically together.

 

[The Chief]

I was offered to work from home during the 2020 lockdown and chose not to. I was one of the only people still reporting to the office and it was amazing. The streets looked like a ghost town and I could drive as fast as I wanted. If covid-19 would have done its job maybe things would have stayed like that long term, but nug.

 

[Taiso]

I prefer coming in to work over being at home and working virtually. Helps me mentally partition that 'work/life' balance that I think is so necessary for a person's mental health.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

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[Burning Fight!!]

I prefer coming in to work over being at home and working virtually. Helps me mentally partition that 'work/life' balance that I think is so necessary for a person's mental health.

you can close your laptop for that, but if you think spending hours commuting to still end up sitting in front of a computer every day helps, you do you

 

[Taiso]

you can close your laptop for that, but if you think spending hours commuting to still end up sitting in front of a computer every day helps, you do you

I work ten minutes from where I live and that's on a bad traffic day.

And I don't just end up sitting in front of a computer every day. My job requires a lot of autonomy, movement, physicality and other tasks that aren't strictly clerical.

But even if I WAS just a desk jockey, I'd still prefer to work around other human beings as opposed to interacting with them through email and teams and other digital delivery methods.

 

[StevenK]

Sure, drag office workers back in so they can say hello to colleagues one last time before AI replaces them all

 

[Taiso]

At least I'll have a pension.

Probably.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

I work ten minutes from where I live and that's on a bad traffic day.

And I don't just end up sitting in front of a computer every day. My job requires a lot of autonomy, movement, physicality and other tasks that aren't strictly clerical.

But even if I WAS just a desk jockey, I'd still prefer to work around other human beings as opposed to interacting with them through email and teams and other digital delivery methods.

bruh... I worked almost 6 years on a high performance meat grinder-ish job and I never felt like I was missing on anything going to the office. As soon as I got laid off I was up on my feet a week after because I had made so many personal connections and good friends through that job, some who I still talk with and meet from time to time.

All of this team building human connection nonsense is bullshit lie. You only say that because you have the privilege to live close to the office and your job involves being somewhere specifc to be able to do it, that's all there is to it.

 

[fake]

But how will the real estate developers afford a second boat?

I used to crack up passing this office park on the highway. One building looked practically empty. Like two or three cars in the parking lot. It had a big sign saying “office space available.” Right next to it they were building an even bigger office building.

 

[Taiso]

bruh... I worked almost 6 years on a high performance meat grinder-ish job and I never felt like I was missing on anything going to the office. As soon as I got laid off I was up on my feet a week after because I had made so many personal connections and good friends through that job, some who I still talk with and meet from time to time.

Where did I invalidate your lived experiences in my response? Because this sudden hostility is bizarre.

All of this team building human connection nonsense is bullshit lie. You only say that because you have the privilege to live close to the office and your job involves being somewhere specifc to be able to do it, that's all there is to it.

I only say that because the experience of my present job, which I've held for a decade and which I love, has borne out for me that I not only prefer to work around other people, I enjoy it. It's a great environment. Why WOULDN'T I want to be here every day?

It has nothing to do with 'team building' for me. I sit in my own space in the office, separated from everyone else, and I do my thing day in and day out.

As for it being my 'privilege', please don't diminish a life's worth of of being in the workforce to the point where my accumulated skills and experiences being something I didn't earn or that anyone else should be entitled to. I earned the happiness I have at my current job over the course of my life.

This is the job I want. This is the place I want to be. Being around others and helping them get through their work day has been tremendously rewarding to me. It's not a 'bullshit lie'. Please relax.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

Where did I invalidate your lived experiences in my response? Because this sudden hostility is bizarre.

I only say that because the experience of my present job, which I've held for a decade and which I love, has borne out for me that I not only prefer to work around other people, I enjoy it. It's a great environment. Why WOULDN'T I want to be here every day?

It has nothing to do with 'team building' for me. I sit in my own space in the office, separated from everyone else, and I do my thing day in and day out.

As for it being my 'privilege', please don't diminish a life's worth of of being in the workforce to the point where my accumulated skills and experiences being something I didn't earn or that anyone else should be entitled to. I earned the happiness I have at my current job over the course of my life.

This is the job I want. This is the place I want to be. Being around others and helping them get through their work day has been tremendously rewarding to me. It's not a 'bullshit lie'. Please relax.

ok I am calm now

 

[Taiso]

ok I am calm now

I hope so. Not sure why you're suddenly beefing with me over a tiny little nothing of a comment.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

Where did I invalidate your lived experiences in my response? Because this sudden hostility is bizarre.

I only say that because the experience of my present job, which I've held for a decade and which I love, has borne out for me that I not only prefer to work around other people, I enjoy it. It's a great environment. Why WOULDN'T I want to be here every day?

It has nothing to do with 'team building' for me. I sit in my own space in the office, separated from everyone else, and I do my thing day in and day out.

As for it being my 'privilege', please don't diminish a life's worth of of being in the workforce to the point where my accumulated skills and experiences being something I didn't earn or that anyone else should be entitled to. I earned the happiness I have at my current job over the course of my life.

This is the job I want. This is the place I want to be. Being around others and helping them get through their work day has been tremendously rewarding to me. It's not a 'bullshit lie'. Please relax.

See but here's the crux of my post, you like it, which is different from "corporate wants everyone back in the office whether they like it or not". I guess I came off standoffish about it but forced returns to the office do piss me off for real, that's what I'm angery about lol. Forgive my autism

 

[Taiso]

See but here's the crux of my post, you like it, which is different from "corporate wants everyone back in the office whether they like it or not". I guess I came off standoffish about it but forced returns to the office do piss me off for real, that's what I'm angery about lol. Forgive my autism

Brother, you are good. I love reading your posts. You're a good one.

But yeah, overall I don't disagree with you. Especially if you're in a shit job with no rewarding human connection. Or if that rewarding human connection is the ONLY thing you can say is good about the place, that's definitely a problem. So I sympathize for sure.