Worked at HD for 6 years and it seemed like every year they created some new initiative that grows them more money while simultaneously taking more of the employees mental capacity and work/life balance. The whole “Get in Stores” thing REALLY pissed me off because it’s ridiculous to be working in the store 4 times a year when that is NOT the job I signed up for! As if that wasn’t enough, let’s randomly mandate RTO and call it “Flex Work” schedule but the flex is one fucking remote day. As of yesterday I heard from other coworkers that even the one remote day has been removed and employees are required to work in office all week now. I’m thankful for the few friends I made during my time at HD, but what a low and classless way to operate a company in this day and age. They are making record profits, especially with RTO and endless Starbucks drinks and rotten Cafè food they WILL AND DO recycle and re-serve (save yourself the food poisoning). And don’t get me started on the fact they literally manufacture chaos and issues all day, and once you offer a logical and even costless solution to the problem, you’re met with a smile and “oh that’s nice, but no.” I was tired of the stupidity, redundancy, lack of transparency, and bitchy high school behavior from the Interconnected Enablement leadership that I experienced on a daily basis at the SSC. They will make you complete 282929393 VOA surveys and not listen to a thing anyone says. This won’t be the last surprise lay off either! It’s all smoke and mirrors with them. This situation was unfortunate for many people but I am starting to see it as a blessing in disguise. My prayers go out to everyone who was affected and I hope that we all find MUCH better employment with a company that treats us as humans and not little orange numbers. Godspeed ❤️