Thread regarding Medtronic Inc. layoffs

@q2 I don’t think you’re right that MDT won’t terminate people over non-compliance — they absolutely will, and they won’t have to pay any severance because it will be “for cause.”

I asked a couple of FT Remote users, None on our campus has heard anything about RTO for all. My guess is this is targeted at MN campus Remote users. Thread also sees to indicate this targeted approach.
Sorry about a late post.

@jk This is exactly what happened to me. I just spent 20 minutes over 2-3 weeks selling some options to cover what I lost in my raise and my MIP. That's a lot easier than penciling an extra 20 hours a week into my dead-end role for an entire year and participating in public humiliation rituals, stumbling over myself in meetings explaining why I can't meet their unreasonable expectations.

And if I get canned? Cool. I'll enjoy the rest of my summer, travel, spend time with my family, and leverage the low-income year to do some pre-tax to roth conversions, wheel some stock/sell options for income, and find a new role for a 30% raise. For now, I'm going to keep doing my best and collecting paychecks. Meanwhile, management can flex and saber-rattle and threaten termination. But they won't.

Life is easier with FU money.

Lol, look at all these comments b!tching about going into the office. And then you wonder why they send your jobs to India

What a joke. If MDT truly believes that in-person collaboration is essential, they should require EVERYONE to be in the office, regardless of ZIP code. Where someone is living shouldn’t be a factor.

I wonder how many employees will now use fake home addresses in greater MN?!

Mr Shrimp Linguine said RTO is very important.

A 4 day a week Onsite isn't a bad thing, it could be worst ... Like 5 days a week Onsite before COVID, Sux it up people, NONE is hiring remote users anymore. In fact it Onsite only.

@jm I am holding out hope for RIF :)

So is this remote RTO happening instead of RIFs or is there still hope to be laid off?

@j2 Worse case scenario is they rate you “2” (even if you hit your goals). They give you a lower % increase and ding your MIP. Big SO WHAT. Your sanity and time with family is worth more than that extra 1% raise and/or 10-25% cut in MIP. The lower MIP will mean lower taxes so it won’t be as bad as you think.

@j2

Same!!! Sorry, I don't want to sacrifice my family time.

@j2 Right on.

@f7 yup. My kids are old enough that they can entertain themselves all day while I work from home, but not old enough to be left alone all day. So I drive 40 minutes extra each day to drop them with grandparents. I don’t make enough to justify $800 a month at the school system daycare. All that time commuting and getting ready adds up and I’m not giving it back on nights and weekends. I don’t know if I’ll hit my goals this year because I’m working less and my org is giving us more to do the can fit in 40 hours a week. I guess we’ll see what happens, but Medtronic does not define my existence.

My team of remote employees are already working 50+ hour weeks. Guess Medtronic can figure out what to do when that drops to 40 hours!

@fc Appreciate your perspective. And, correct, it’s a RIF method without the severance. How many employees do you think are impacted by this RTO announcement?

Whoever is actually defending Medtronic with this decision needs to get their priorities checked. This is 100% a reduction in force effort. Ex Com doesn’t have the brains to make smart and profitable choices so they look for the easy route out, and that’s to shed headcount. I for one will not be returning to the office on November 2nd, I’ll tell you that much. There is plenty of opportunity outside of Medtronic. This used to be a well run company but Geoff is just not that guy.

@ez You still start at 0730 because you have to get dressed, pack food, and drive to the office. What a waste.

When I was wfh I started my day around 7:30. Now it’s 9 and I still end my day at the same time. Commuting is very time consuming.

Only a fool would work 50 hrs a week.

@ed You are speaking without knowledge. the office in Hyderabad is huge, multi-level with rows of tables where employees work. True, they have a schedule that allows remote work for a small portion of each month but know this: there is office space being paid for.

@ec something is very broken inside of you that you feel the need to come on here and bash coworkers like this. I’m sorry that you were or are unloved for a time in your life that broke you and causes you to lash out with hate. Seek therapy and you still may find friends and a companion with time.

@e5 yes this is true. I was working 50 hours a week when I was remote and since being called back last fall I’m a flat 40. RTO takes a lot of time and energy away from what were all work hours. I’m not going to put extra time in at night to make up for time wasted in the car, wandering around the building looking for meeting space, talking to coworkers who stopped by uninvited to chat for 30 minutes, etc

@ed “Your jobs.” You say this like you will never be targeted for elimination. We are all disposable.

It's fine. Your jobs can be done more cheaply from other states, or from Hyderabad, Colombia, Costa Rica, or Cebu anyway. Those people will gladly do your jobs for cheaper, and no office space to pay.

@cs It's because the MN employees are major deadweights and b(_)ms. They need these stagnating, uninnovative, poor work-ethics lifers waiting for their retirement to quit, or start using all the office space.

@e5 "This is a cheap reduction effort" Quite honestly maybe you people are really no longer needed as MDT involves in a global company. Most off shore folks are WFH as MDT saves on office space and pays them nickels on the US dollars. Food for thought.

@e4 You forgot to mention that remote employees typically work more hours - both because they tend to log in earlier/stay late or “check things” during odd hours and because Remote employees eat at their desk, don’t use time to chat when walking to the restroom, kitchen, or other. Nobody stops by the desk to chat.
Remote workers get on calls well before and after standard work time.

Nobody has ever explained how on-site presence builds collaboration. Everyone collaborated just fine during C*vid. This is a cheap reduction effort.

@e2 lol. there are tons of reasons WFH is better.

• 90% of my team and the people I regularly meet with are out of state and/or country. so, I'm driving to Fridley to have calls with people across US, Europe and South America.
• OHQ does not have ample space for the number of employees or the ability to accommodate the mix of back to back 1:1 Teams and hybrid Teams calls.
• people are constantly late for meetings due to needing to move among calls, rooms, offices.
• people with headphones on loudly talk during meetings while you are elbow to elbow in open plan offices.
• also, laughably, the WiFi is demonstrably worse at OHQ than the fiber I have at home.

@cz some who were hired originally as remote status (some apparently long-time and others relatively recently) had NOT yet been called back into office. Now that status is being rescinded. (i am one of them)

My guess is the MN sites are at 50% RTO, while other sites are at 80-100% RTO. So strange the mothership (so to speak) complains the most about RTO. Funny none posts a valid reason why WFH is better than onsite, except I can sit home to take teams meetings. Clastic definition of dead wood or snow flakes. IDK

@dw Guessing Kool Aid stock is doing better? LOL

@dr
What is it due then? People just wanted to pollute the sky for fun?

@dr guy denying climate change somehow works at a company driven by science. No wonder our stock is flat.

@dg The exact name of the document on Inside Medtronic is “Leader Messaging Guide -Messaging and FAQs regarding in-office requirements for MN-based remote employees”. I think a few of you might be looking at an older document from last year’s RTO for hybrid employees, which stated at that time, remote employees were excluded from RTO. Individual emails came out around noon today to impacted employees stating we must RTO on Nov 2. Hope that clears up some of the confusion.

@dj “climate change” LOL

@dd welcome to the club. I drive in four days a week to sit on virtual meetings. While I’m commuting for literally no reason, the air is thick with smoke caused by climate change. We live in a society run by insecure men with big egos.

@dg I’ve had authorized remote status for 10 years and I just received my email stating I have been identified to work onsite at least 4 days/week beginning Nov 2. Now there is new very narrow criteria to be remote, so old statuses are over.

@d2 but the memo states designated remote employees are excluded.

@dd Yes, you’ve got it!

@d1 this one is interesting considering I live near a hub, but it’s not the business I support. So I just drive 20 miles to do teams calls. lol