January 1 2024 Mandate

[anonymous]

Maybe Ebenezer Ford will get a visit from 3 ghosts tomorrow night and change his mind about this ridiculousness.

 

[anonymous]

Maybe Ebenezer Ford will get a visit from 3 ghosts tomorrow night and change his mind about this ridiculousness.

Doubtful. Ebenezer Scrooge had a heart. Not sure these people do.

 

[anonymous]

Tick tock bitchez! Better sign a lease on an apartment near an Abbott site before Jan. 1

 

[anonymous]

Looking forward to Tuesday morning Teams message from HR!

 

[anonymous]

Tick tock bitchez! Better sign a lease on an apartment near an Abbott site before Jan. 1

Settle down, "Edsel" Ford.

 

[anonymous]

Settle down, "Edsel" Ford.

Huh?

 

[anonymous]

Happy Work From Home Revocation Day to all those who celebrate.

 

[anonymous]

Return to office mandates are typical for companies like Abbott that are extremely management top heavy. Few people do the actual work and there’s so many layers of management that do nothing except “manage”. These middle layers must justify their positions by forcing the worker bees back to the office.

 

[anonymous]

Happy Work From Home Revocation Day to all those who celebrate.

Where’s the LinkedIn #AbbottProud video message in honor of this new company holiday?

 

[anonymous]

Return to office mandates are typical for companies like Abbott that are extremely management top heavy. Few people do the actual work and there’s so many layers of management that do nothing except “manage”. These middle layers must justify their positions by forcing the worker bees back to the office.

True, my team has 4 managers for less than 10 ‘workers’

 

[anonymous]

These middle layers must justify their positions by forcing the worker bees back to the office.

But they're not the ones forcing the workers back into the office? The mandate came from Big Bob himself.

 

[anonymous]

IMO this will be a wildly unpopular policy and reversed by May.

This ain't going anywhere. Get used to it. Subjugating employees is viagra for CEOs

 

[anonymous]

It's easier to lay people off when they're already in one convenient location.

 

[anonymous]

Based on the first four days of the new year the mandate has failed. The VPs are suppose to oversee attendance and they do not want to come to the office either.

 

[anonymous]

Based on the first four days of the new year the mandate has failed. The VPs are suppose to oversee attendance and they do not want to come to the office either.

Yep. Even they realize how boneheaded the mandate is. They didn’t claw their way to VP positions just to become glorified truant officers. They’ve got far more important things to do during their workday than make sure everyone’s all in their places with bright shining faces.

 

[anonymous]

Yep. Even they realize how boneheaded the mandate is. They didn’t claw their way to VP positions just to become glorified truant officers. They’ve got far more important things to do during their workday than make sure everyone’s all in their places with bright shining faces.

Thanks, mid-level VP, for your continued posts.

 

[anonymous]

Applying for the 1 work from home day they might let you have probably gets you put on their layoff short list.

 

[anonymous]

Unbelievable, Abbott Park a ghost town due to a pittance of snow. Bunch of weak cry babies. You would think they are all transplants from California or Florida. This is the Midwest and you better toughen up, get a 4 wheel drive, and a decent coat you fools else Blitzkrieg Bob is going to launch you out of the Park!

 

[anonymous]

Unbelievable, Abbott Park a ghost town due to a pittance of snow. Bunch of weak cry babies. You would think they are all transplants from California or Florida. This is the Midwest and you better toughen up, get a 4 wheel drive, and a decent coat you fools else Blitzkrieg Bob is going to launch you out of the Park!

The launch button is sitting on the table next to his deck chair by the pool in Aruba.

 

[anonymous]

I have no issues coming into the office 5 days a week. I just hate how some functions take it more seriously. And some think cause they are tight with executives at the Park actually come in way less.