Beware of the "new culture" - Anonymous employee Consumers Energy Employee Review

I was hired in during the pandemic. Right after that the previous CEO had told everyone that they could work remotely permanently and even out of state if they wanted. She parted ways with the company shortly after and the new CEO has a very old school mentality about everything. The push to go back to office started as a nudge and when that didn't work it became a mandate when we hit financial difficulties after the 2023 ice storm. There's a huge push to reduce costs and a big part of that is "lowering headcount through natural attrition." It just happens that part of that "natural attrition" was forcing people back to offices, some even offices they never reported to before or were not located near, and telling everyone if they didn't like it they could quit. Leadership wants us to do more with less but aren't putting us in a position to improve processes and build automation before the headcount starts lowering. The whole shift has turned the culture upside down and very few people seem happy. Everyone is stressed and fearing for their job.