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My company gave us 3 months notice and said 100% RTO in January 2026. I warned them this was a dealbreaker for me. They said sorry, no exceptions. In January I

by mcs5280 6mo ago

My company gave us 3 months notice and said 100% RTO in January 2026. I warned them this was a dealbreaker for me. They said sorry, no exceptions. In January I submitted my two weeks notice, citing RTO. They accepted my resignation letter and then called me a few hours later saying they could make an exception. Now I'm back to 100% remote. I wouldn't consider myself to be an irreplaceable superstar employee, but they folded almost immediately. Not sure what the point of this dance was.

627467 6mo ago
Most orders are issued assuming compliance, or they'd be more considered (and less of them) or costly to enforce. To say there's "no exception" it's to say "we've done NO analysis whatsoever to understand if there should be any exception so, we'll cross that bridge later". You did well, because someone with actual some skin in the game considered you irreplaceable at that moment.
stronglikedan 6mo ago
> Not sure what the point of this dance was. It's to reduce dance partners. Most people won't push back against "no exceptions", so they greatly reduce the number of exceptions they have to consider just by saying it.
feznyng 6mo ago
My extremely paranoid take is they might intend to replace you with someone who will RTO but need to keep you around for a while until they find that replacement.
- bdangubic 6mo ago
  This is exactly it. I hope for the sake of OP that s/he's the exception but so far examples of this from my personal circles is that it is just "you are here for the continuity until suitable replacement is found."
- mcs5280 6mo ago
  You might be right. We shall see.
AbstractH24 6mo ago
Id be curious to know how this goes for you in 6-18 months Best case scenario you get marginalized, middle case, is next time there are layoff, worst case they are already looking for your replacement Regardless, unless you actively desire to get laid off I’d be searching for a job that actually wants remote people.

by mcs5280 6mo ago

627467 6mo ago

Most orders are issued assuming compliance, or they'd be more considered (and less of them) or costly to enforce. To say there's "no exception" it's to say "we've done NO analysis whatsoever to understand if there should be any exception so, we'll cross that bridge later". You did well, because someone with actual some skin in the game considered you irreplaceable at that moment.

stronglikedan 6mo ago

> Not sure what the point of this dance was. It's to reduce dance partners. Most people won't push back against "no exceptions", so they greatly reduce the number of exceptions they have to consider just by saying it.

feznyng 6mo ago

My extremely paranoid take is they might intend to replace you with someone who will RTO but need to keep you around for a while until they find that replacement.

bdangubic 6mo ago
This is exactly it. I hope for the sake of OP that s/he's the exception but so far examples of this from my personal circles is that it is just "you are here for the continuity until suitable replacement is found."
mcs5280 6mo ago
You might be right. We shall see.

AbstractH24 6mo ago

Id be curious to know how this goes for you in 6-18 months Best case scenario you get marginalized, middle case, is next time there are layoff, worst case they are already looking for your replacement Regardless, unless you actively desire to get laid off I’d be searching for a job that actually wants remote people.