For anyone who hasn’t seen what’s happening, the marketing department is falling apart. One of the ad agencies was fired. The Martin Agency, our mainstay, is losing people left and right, and others are getting laid off. It’s chaos.
Now they’re pushing this new rule where anyone who lives 90 minutes or less from the office has to come in three days a week. Just last year, they promised to honor original contracts, which already forced pre-Covid employees back into the office. Now the newer hires who were remote are also getting hit.
Imagine a 90-minute commute each way, three days a week—9 hours of extra time gone every week just to make it easier for them to force you out. It’s so obvious they want people to quit so they can dodge paying unemployment and avoid bad press about layoffs. I told my coworkers to underperform or skip the office so they fire you instead of quitting.
Apparently, they’re cutting deals for the people they want to keep, but it’s just making everyone else even angrier. Upper management doesn’t care, as usual. I really think they’re underestimating how many people are going to walk out. I can’t wait to leave this place myself.
Bailey said:
Wait, the Martin Agency is out? That’s crazy, but honestly not surprising. They only care about the bottom line.
No, Martin is still around, but another agency, MullenLowe, is out. Martin’s still here, but their staff is leaving in droves. The good ones are jumping ship because they see what’s coming.
That commute rule is ridiculous. I’d push back on it. How does adding three extra hours of commuting every week help productivity? Unless that’s considered work time, it’s complete nonsense. Sorry you all are dealing with this mess.
This all started when Damon came in to ‘fix’ things. Bet he doesn’t mind the commute since they built that fancy NYC office just for the execs. The rest of us are treated like garbage.
They keep talking about fixing the culture here, but the real culture now is that no one trusts them. Where I’m at, it’s like ‘Lord of the Flies.’ The experienced folks are retiring early or leaving for competitors.
How long do they think this cycle of layoffs and firings can go on before everyone worth keeping is gone?