I lavoratori di AIB hanno detto di tornare in ufficio per tre giorni alla settimana
https://www.thejournal.ie/aib-hybrid-working-6770991-Jul2025/
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I lavoratori di AIB hanno detto di tornare in ufficio per tre giorni alla settimana
https://www.thejournal.ie/aib-hybrid-working-6770991-Jul2025/
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That should allow them to get through more work so it’s a no brainer
Big shift going straight from 5 days a week WfH to 2 days. Surprised they didn’t phase it in, but maybe they just want to rip off the plaster in one go.
> Under the changes, the bank is hoping to increase “in-person connection and collaboration”.
We see this line a lot when it comes to the pushback against hybrid working. But it is nonsense. Did we not connect and collaborate virtually during the pandemic? Collaboration doesn’t just happen; it needs to be facilitated, and that can be, and is, done effectively online.
The “new reality” is that for anyone working in a corporate environment, pretty much every meeting is hybrid now anyway. So, having 2 people in an office in person sitting at different desks logging into Teams because 2 others are remote working… it makes no difference.
Layoffs by another name. We’ve seen it enough times now to recognise it, and the bs “right to request remote working” has no teeth and is being used to bash workers; probably as intended by Leo/FG.
It’s just a way of culling staff numbers without having to offer VS,they know lots of people will look for something else.
If only more supported the IT workers over the last 2 or so years. There might have been be a blue print to push back with.
Now lads we will see what your union dues are for……
More stealth layoffs and chiselling away at hard-won benefits to improve the bottom line.
Companies that enforce office working when not required should be on the line for a congestion charge to help pay for the traffic they’re causing needlessly.
Great way to get a good number of voluntary resignations and reduce the company headcount/wage bill without needing to pay redundancies.
This is just to get people to quit so they don’t have to pay anything to the people they want to fire.
Happened where i work, senior management were complaining that not enough left and that they would have to do a round of firings
“Working from home” should be renamed as just “working” because that is what it is. Why should all the benefits of techological developments, paper free offices and virtual workspaces accrue to employers only? Offices only existed in the first place because work resources/material/communication could only be facilited in a physcial location.
Enjoy the jammed public transport and M50 everyone!
Is going into an actual office deemed too much for people nowadays? People talk like it’s some crazy aggressive act by the employer if asked to
also AIB invested 10m Euros in Climate Change research at Trinity. How hypocritical banks can be when they are causing unnecessary emissions and lowering quality of life of people who work for them. M50 is gonna get clogged if all banks follow this. Employee union should resist this if climate agenda is that important or its just greenwashing.
WFH has such potential to help with multiple issues. It’s easier to change jobs, without moving home. Easier to hire someone, since you can pick nationwide. You can work where you want, and live where you can afford. Can reduce pressure on salaries for that reason. Reduces commute time for workers. Reduces traffic, congestion, and pollution. It allows the Government/developers to build where land is available and cheap, not just where workers are concentrated and land and labour is most expensive.
But no. Dickhead middle-management have to micro-manage; and even a hybrid environment means you have to commute a lot, and live close to the workplace, so those advantages all go away.
It was only a matter of time, for those who thought wfh was forever, bless….
Does this mean we will get a better banking service from them or…?
Alot of companies are doing this, some have valid reasons, others do not.
Apple in Cork reasoning was they spend years building a massive facility and wanted it to be used so it was justified to shareholders and upper management.
This is a understandable reason even if people dont like it.
But multiple companies dont have this reason or any justifiable reason instead giving g vague answers like collaboration etc which doesn’t work for teams and departments that are spread across the globe.
Ultimately its mainly down to higher ups clinging to old practises and thinking, such as liking a office looking full, believing that WFH is less productive even when multiple studies have proven the opposite and so on and on.
It’s also used for shadow firing by making people want to leave or making things so awkward they have no choice to do so.
Ultimately the benefactors will be companies that do allow wfh as its been proven to result in lower turnover and higher productivity.
These companies will find it easier to hire and in cases won’t have to offer as high a salary as people are willing to accept less for WFH benefits.
Nobody is talking about how PTSB are moving to 2 days a week. My girlfriend has to pay €4.50 to park at the local train station then pay €4 for a train ticket. €8.50 to get to work one day a week. Has to bring a fully loaded backpack with laptop, charger and work phone because there’s no lockers and no chargers in the office. Her backpack is literally ripping. There’s no AC in the office and windows don’t open, people are getting headaches, migraines or just feeling nauseous from other staff members stinking of sweat.
Then there’s the personal side of it. It takes her 90 minutes to get to the city centre, we live in West Dublin. She has to leave before crèche opens, I drop our toddler in when I’m not at work (shift work). Crèche now want to close at 5, so now she has to leave early as she’s currently home at 5:30.
Keep in mind her department has struggled to get staff. Don’t know what the fuck we’re going to do with crèche…
3/2 is pretty nice.
I’m leaving my job next month over this shit. I commute two hours each way, two days a week currently.
I could have done this for a long time, and they were getting an enormous output of work from me when I was majority at home.
The only person I “collaborate” with has an exemption and never comes in anyway.
I have a deliverable driven job that requires long periods of silent concentration. I either do my job or I don’t, it’s very obvious if im not.
At least in return for the long hours, I could go for a run, cook dinner or go to an appointment instead of commuting. It’s the only thing that made it bearable. They took that away so I said no more.
Can someone please explain to me why you can’t just say no and let them do the hard work of trying to sack you.
If you are doing your job properly, hitting your targets etc, surely this is going to be very hard and will create a load of work for them.
Let’s save the climate! What needs to be done? Lower number of commuters. Ok, understand. Everyone, back to the office!
Who cares?
Unless you’re one of those affected, why would you even think this matters to anybody?
Less than 2 weeks after they announce a deal with Microsoft to roll out AI.
This is to force people to quit rather than have to lay off workers.
I presume AIB staff are part of a union. They need to put a stop to this.
[https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0710/1522822-aib-announces-ai-rollout-for-bank-staff/](https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0710/1522822-aib-announces-ai-rollout-for-bank-staff/)
BOI has also asked its employees to come back for 2 days a week starting from September.
If it improves the service at my local bank, I’m all for it. I just love the way workers think they have some God-given right not to come to work.