The culture sucks and the hybrid policy is hypocritical
Pros
Benefits are on the better end of moderate? I haven’t found many pros yet.
Cons
The culture is draining. New manager with no management is speaking poorly of the veteran team we’re replacing rather than trying to coach them to be better. Hybrid work is a mandatory 3 days in office. If you’re sick or taking a single vacation day that counts as one of your 2 remote days. So clearly the hybrid schedule isn’t because they’re promoting work-life balance or care about how it benefits the employee, it’s just to appease people and try to keep them from quitting. The hybrid policy is hypocritical. What do I mean by that? We just received an email that remote-first structure (by the way that doesn’t mean you’re actually remote, you’re still expected to be in office 2 days a week which is hybrid) is being eliminated and all remote-first employees will be transitioned to hybrid and expected to be in-office 3 days a week. “I understand this decision may disappoint those of you that appreciate the more remote nature of our current setup. While we’ve certainly learned a lot about how to work in a remote environment, our experience over the last year is telling us that working in an office a majority of the week has several benefits for the company as a whole - it boosts our productivity, improves the speed of our decision-making process, improves learning, and increases the quality of our work product.” Clearly stating this is what’s best for the company “as a whole” (and a disregard for those who like the flexibility) because there’s increased productivity having everyone in office together… …and yet… … half of our team is based in India. Are the positions in India going to be eliminated and brought back to the US job market since being together in an office is what’s most productive?