If you thought COVID would've changed the landscape of how this company views working from home, you are sorely mistaken, 'The Great Return' is here and everyone who is vaccinated MUST return to the office. Senior management believes if you are not in the office, you are not working, despite constantly saying how productive the company functioned while working from home for the last year and a half. It's no secret this major work culture shift occurred all after this First Data 'acquisition' and you know who are the players all behind this.
It's only a matter of time until Fiserv brings back the initiative to force remote employees to relocate to an office location or leave. The language they are using to push 'The Great Return' to the office is almost identical to the language they were using for the other initiative moments before the pandemic thwarted their plans.
Why would you want to stay with a company that learned nothing from a pandemic? They will instead have the HR puppets tell the vaccinated associates that employees from Walmart didn't have a choice to work from home during the pandemic so it's time that we as a company returned to the office...what. The last time I checked, I paid for higher education so I don't get compared to a Walmart employee.
Before all of this, I honestly thought Fiserv was fine, it was a decent springboard for a better job but it was still comfortable for the time being. There is plenty to nitpick at any job: organization, communication, benefits, management, etc, but this is where they've officially crossed the line. I look forward to spending all of my future time in the office updating my resume and applying for a new job at a company that actually respects its employees.
