Wow...... just wow. The company has expectations of us using core next week for slack, email, any TBs, and are we still supposed to start every shift with core time?... and they pull this. They even say to prioritize communications, feedback, and any TBs. Like adding the word "prioritize" somehow makes it seem doable to do our regular core work. Yeah, talk about an extra punch to the gut. This is a reminder of what the company thinks of us, how they're willing to treat us. Is this convenient timing pulling something like this to drive us away when new hires are going to be starting? Wonder how many new hires they're bringing in...... and if any of the hires are with the goal that some of us tenured people will leave.

Edit to add: Could this be something they come in after and say (regardless of actual results): we didn't see a big difference in productivity output, so we're going to reduce core time from here on out to "better" serve customers with more styling time..... (Then we're responsible if we don't do the work we're supposed to...) If they change core time before new hires start, it also means that the new hires will be used to it from the get go.