It's not just about the RTO - for sure that's a big part of the unhappiness (at least in the office) - but more about leadership just burying its head in the sand and thinking they can wait it out until it all blows over. Whether they want to acknowledge it or not, the culture is quickly dying here. This is clear when you see the same, canned HR response to every negative glassdoor review: "Thanks for your feedback! We had to make hard decisions!" No you didn't. The decisions were easy - you just continually made the wrong decision. The contempt that our CEO has for the employees at CARFAX is obvious. He can't even bring himself to address us at meetings, instead pushing senior team members in front of the staff. Taking on the role of dictator, he instituted that management spend four days a week in the office over the summer. The result? Managers now resent their employees that only have to come in 3 days - and their annoyance is visible. It makes for a hostile working environment. Instead of a positive weekly email kicking off our (amazingly good benefit) of summer fridays, we got a reminder that our summer friday benefit is actually a net negative for company - something we should feel bad about because we're "losing 20% of our productivity." Super inspiring stuff from our CEO. And that might not be a problem if the inequity wasn't so blatent and hypocritical - we all hope the senior management team (and half the company in the dealer business side!) had a wonderful holiday down in Florida - treated to resort accomodations and incredible meals. All the while, we're pestered to "vote for work smarter ideas" where we highlight how we can all save the company money. It's like working at Exxon and being told to recycle your soda can to save the earth.
