- Some IBM workers were invited to return to the office three days a week in 2024
- All workers in the organization now receive similar opinions
- Unjust relocation expectations have earned him the title of “stealth layoff”
The policy of return to the office recently applied by IBM targets the older and long -term distance workers who are less likely to move.
According to an employee who is expressed with The registerThe scheme aims to reduce expenses by forcing employees to work from specific locations – or to resign.
IBM is one of the many necessarily obliging that workers are at the office more frequently after the increase induced by the Pandemic of remote work, but its policies are not as tight as many of its rivals.
IBM RTO disproportionately affects elderly workers
In 2024, IBM demanded managers, executives and various other types of United States employees to work from its offices at least three days a week, forcing them to move closer to one of its eight sites In New York, Illinois, Texas and North Carolina.
The company now deploys working policies in person for all its workers.
Despite the push of the agenda in person, IBM did not offer any resettlement medium, such as the coverage of expenses associated with the move for work, even if the previous relocations (which won it the acronym “ I am moved ”, the alternative meaning) came with a certain support.
Speaking of RTO politics, The registerSource Sans Name said: “This included all the employees who started working at home during COVID as well as those who have been working at home for over 15 years.”
IBM had already been prosecuted in 2024 for discriminating its older workers, but the company faces similar allegations a year later because it intensifies its office work efforts.
The workers affected by the modifications refer to RTO as a furtive layoff – the company has already reduced approximately 5,000 jobs on at least five different laps (followed by layoffs.Fyi) during the last two years.
Everything said, IBM is not the only company accused of having unfairly targeting certain demographic data of workers during its RTO calls. Other technological titans have found themselves in similar situations, including Amazon, whose workers are among the most vocal.
Techradar Pro offered the IBM the opportunity to share its reflections on politics, but the company did not immediately respond.
