r/news • u/IchTanze • 11h ago

California state workers launching 1-day strike over return-to-office mandate, pay and healthcare

https://apnews.com/article/california-state-workers-strike-newsom-a3a4f547a612a68360e75e7feaaffb96
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u/Enchelion 8h ago edited 3h ago

My small team is spread across four states now. Thankfully my bosses up the chain know that we can't pay as well as we should so offering things like WFH are some of our only competitive advantages so they're firmly protected.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 4h ago

Yeah I don't think my team could even be made to RTO. #1 some of the team doesn't live in the same state as one of our dozen or so offices. #2 it's a specialized industry and is very hard to find people. I know they gave me a good signing bonus to not go to a competitor. And I'm not one of the senior guys either.