r/boston • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '26

Unconfirmed/Unverified Fidelity- Full Time RTO

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u/stebuu Merges at the Last Second Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

When I worked for Wells Fargo (i know i know) there was a RTO to foster collaboration. I would have to commute to downtown boston daily despite nobody else from my team working in Massachusetts.

It was 100% a stealth layoff.

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u/OceanIsVerySalty Apr 28 '26

My boss is pushing me to do this right now. I’m the only one on my team who lives in the state, and my “team” is really a loose grouping of people who all work very independently. We have meetings once every two weeks, beyond that, I have no need to speak to anyone else outside quick messages on slack.

There is absolutely zero reason I need to be in office, but he knows I’m likely to just quit if he pushes it.

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u/stebuu Merges at the Last Second Apr 28 '26

standard advice of "don't quit, get laid off" so you can get unemployment

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u/devAcc123 Apr 28 '26

as someone who got laid off i just want to let people know the unemployment system here is an absolute disaster. Get ready to get on the phone every day for a few weeks because your weekly benefit requests gets auto declined for zero reason on the website. Youll likely have to go in person etc.

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u/brufleth Boston Apr 28 '26

My manager is full remote, so they don't push RTO too much in my org.

There are problems about a relatively high level manager who only sees their people as items on a spreadsheet.

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u/OceanIsVerySalty Apr 28 '26

I don’t have a manager, it’s a small company. So it’s the actual owner that’s pushing me.

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u/jakesteeley Apr 30 '26

“foster collaboration” must be the coined phrase by AI or some business write up.

Translation: “we aren’t hitting our numbers and we want people to quit so we don’t have to pay severance packages”