Last week, we threw together a little article about an employee uprising at Paycom that followed the company’s decision to end its work-from-home policy and require all employees to return to their boring office cubicles.
The policy change, which was announced in mid-December, primarily affected the company’s Quality Assurance department and was quickly and harshly criticized by employees on internal message boards.
In fact, it caused so much stress and despair that Brent Jordan – the Director of Software Quality – sent his staff the following email promising free snacks in an effort to smooth things over:
Yep. Don’t worry about increased transportation costs, finding a new daycare for your kids in 30 days, or any other inconveniences you’ll have to deal with because the Company suddenly reversed course in its work-from-home policy. Paycom is going to make things right by supplying snacks and activities (ping pong, anyone?) for a few weeks to make up for it. I bet if the employees behave really well, they may even get a pizza party!
At the end of our article, which included screenshots of the company announcement and the 100+ employee complaints. We also asked any current or former Paycom employees to provide us with more details about the news.