Fair enough. Their contracts weren’t changed to cement it.
> Colleagues are already expected to work in an office for at least one or two days per week, depending on their role. This change simply moves the minimum to two days for everyone.
So it could be worse. Plus there are plenty of places offering more flexibility. Sucks for those who moved to a nice remote part of Devon or took on commitments but they knew the risk. The extra costs are a ball ache.
Genuine question, but if they don’t come in the required two days, then what? Dismissal?
Would be interesting to see if someone was fired for not coming into the office and then attempted to take their former employer to court.
I know a fair few places are now going to be enforcing office days/checking if people are swiping in when the new year starts, so Nationwide won’t be the only company doing this.
For those of you out there reading this article, one thing I’ve learned is that a lot of companies are doing the forced return as a way to have employees self resign so the company can lay people off without having to lay then off.
A person at Goldman sacks accidently told a reporter that was their plan.
I have not been impressed by Nationwide. I had a largish sum in an ISA and had trouble actually withdrawing it. I had to pay £25 for a CHAPS transfer just to get my own money back. I also had to go to a branch to do this as it was impossible online, and the branch seemed to be full of people who had come in for somewhere to hang out. They were able to walk around the desk and see the screen of the staff member who was doing my transaction for me.
Nothing quite like forced attendance to boost creativity.
Nationwide are already behind the times. Not a good look.
As someone who works in a none office job and retraining to get into these roles, I would like nothing more than to work in an air conditioned office.
WFH to me seems like a nightmare, you can’t call in sick, no late trains to blame for lateness etc etc and many if the WFH crowd I have met work extra while at home. And imagine turning your home into “work” station, I would despise waking up and seeing the office across the hall.
Maybe my idea of work is old fashioned but my two rules has always been:
1:my work is never my identity
2: when I finish work it doesn’t exist until I log back in at the allocated time, it never follows me home
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Fair enough. Their contracts weren’t changed to cement it.
> Colleagues are already expected to work in an office for at least one or two days per week, depending on their role. This change simply moves the minimum to two days for everyone.
So it could be worse. Plus there are plenty of places offering more flexibility. Sucks for those who moved to a nice remote part of Devon or took on commitments but they knew the risk. The extra costs are a ball ache.
Genuine question, but if they don’t come in the required two days, then what? Dismissal?
Would be interesting to see if someone was fired for not coming into the office and then attempted to take their former employer to court.
I know a fair few places are now going to be enforcing office days/checking if people are swiping in when the new year starts, so Nationwide won’t be the only company doing this.
For those of you out there reading this article, one thing I’ve learned is that a lot of companies are doing the forced return as a way to have employees self resign so the company can lay people off without having to lay then off.
A person at Goldman sacks accidently told a reporter that was their plan.
I have not been impressed by Nationwide. I had a largish sum in an ISA and had trouble actually withdrawing it. I had to pay £25 for a CHAPS transfer just to get my own money back. I also had to go to a branch to do this as it was impossible online, and the branch seemed to be full of people who had come in for somewhere to hang out. They were able to walk around the desk and see the screen of the staff member who was doing my transaction for me.
Nothing quite like forced attendance to boost creativity.
Nationwide are already behind the times. Not a good look.
As someone who works in a none office job and retraining to get into these roles, I would like nothing more than to work in an air conditioned office.
WFH to me seems like a nightmare, you can’t call in sick, no late trains to blame for lateness etc etc and many if the WFH crowd I have met work extra while at home. And imagine turning your home into “work” station, I would despise waking up and seeing the office across the hall.
Maybe my idea of work is old fashioned but my two rules has always been:
1:my work is never my identity
2: when I finish work it doesn’t exist until I log back in at the allocated time, it never follows me home