- Some IBM workers were told to return to the office three days per week in 2024
- All workers of the organization now receive similar notices
- The unfair expectations for relocation have won the title of ‘Solo Survey’
The policy of return to the recently applied office of IBM is pointing disproportionately to older remote workers and long term that are less likely to relocate.
According to an employee who talks to The registrationThe scheme aims to reduce expenses by demanding employees to work from specific locations, or resign.
IBM is one of the many that now demands that workers be in the office more frequently after the increase induced by pandemic in remote work, but their policies are not as tight as many of their rivals.
IBM RTO disproportionately affects older workers
From 2024, IBM has required that managers, executives and several other types of employees in the United States work from their offices at least three days a week, which requires them to move to one of their eight sites in New York, Illinois, Texas and North Carolina.
The company is now implementing work policies in person for all its workers.
Despite pushing the agenda in person, IBM did not offer any relocation support, such as covering the expenses associated with the movement for labor purposes, despite the fact that the previous relocations (which earned him the alternative meaning of acronym for ‘I have been moved ‘) They came with some support.
Talking about RTO’s policy, The registrationThe unidentified source said: “This included all employees who began working from home during Covid, as well as those who have been working from home for more than 15 years.”
IBM had already been sued in 2024 for discriminating against its older workers, but the company faces similar accusations a year later, since it intensifies its office work efforts.
The workers affected by the changes refer to RTO as a stealthy dismissal: the company has already reduced around 5,000 jobs in at least five different rounds (traced by dismissals. Fyi) only in the last two years.
That said, IBM is not the only company accused of unfairly addressing certain demographic data of workers during their RTO calls. Other technological titans have been found in similar situations, including Amazon, whose workers are among the most vowels.
Techradar Pro He has offered IBM the opportunity to share his thoughts about politics, but the company did not respond immediately.
