This is my s/o’s work (he’s not on Reddit) and it just happened. CEO scheduled a zoom call with all employees which everyone assumed was a back the office announcement. The announcement didn’t turn out as expected, instead of mandating an office return, she said individual department managers would decide the policy. Enough people actually like their managers that there was hope they would retain their flexibility.
S/o then spoke to his manager for the first time since announcement (they get on extremely well and she is a good person). She asked how the zoom announcement was. He told her everyone was pleasantly surprised at CEO giving discretion to department managers.
You can probably tell where this is going. Manager tells s/o that CEO had already dictated a back to the office policy to all managers, rule is that everyone must attend office 3 days a week including requirement as to which days. She tried to make it seem like the policy was coming from the managers and lied to the entire workforce.
Gonna be a total mess just because she didn’t want to be seen as the one dictating a return to the office. If I already know about it, the entire workforce is going to find out. Oh CEO has been work from home since pre-pandemic all the way across the f-ing country. She barely sets foot in the office and hasn’t for years.