Regarding return to office policy, I hear many speculations and reasons hypothesized. Mostly by employees who don’t really know and who had no choice in it.
I would like to know is if there are any lemmings out there who have been involved in these talks.
What was discussed?
How is something like this coordinated amongst others businesses even rivals.
What are the high level factors that have gone into the decision?
Bonus points: is it even possible for employees to prevent or reverse these policies at this point?
Written where? We don’t generally have employment contracts in the US.
Excuse me but what the fuck?
Is this…a surprise to you?
Employees have very few rights/protections here. Employers have all the power
Yes it is. I knew that US people get fucked by the corporations and seeing how they vote seem to like it, but there must be some written agreement about the terms of the employment. Holidays, salary, list of duties, location, and so on.
Yeah we get an offer letter about salary and benefits, and a vague mention of the position you’re working for (this may be more explicit for union jobs), and there’s usually some company policy things we have to agree to every year.
But no, there “must” not be an actual agreement. All that shit can change at the whims of the company. We accept the position, and if things change, we are “free to leave”. Some states might have more laws around this than others, but corporate money and gerrymandering have greatly tilted the political landscape against the worker
Barbaric. I had no idea it was that bad. Thank you for informing me.
You don’t get a letter of employment offer?
There might be a written agreement of what the work, hours, compensation agreed to is, but that’s not a contract for employment to the degree of “if the employee fulfills the conditions of this contract, they can’t be terminated.”
I did. That’s not the same thing as an employment contract. And whatever is on that letter can be changed without much, if any, notice.