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rangoon03 t1_jefy7dc wrote

Interesting considering they plan to cutback their presence at 500 Grant and move shop across the street to the CSC building (which they will upgrade apparently) on Ross St: https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2023/02/21/bank-of-new-york-mellon-metlife-downtown.html

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Vogon_Poetess t1_jeg0sbe wrote

Which is funny because they spent a lot of money to redo floors at 500 Grant Street around 2018/2019.

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HomicidalHushPuppy t1_jeggw4v wrote

I saw some of those floors during Doors Open Pittsburgh, really nicely outfitted, at least from a style standpoint. I don't like the super-open layout (privacy/noise issues) but they look sharp.

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Vogon_Poetess t1_jegkq0h wrote

From what I understand the hot desking concept was particularly annoying.

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reesesmama OP t1_jegzy7v wrote

Our new floor is lovely and updated, just not enough desks lol

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reesesmama OP t1_jegd5j5 wrote

My department is moving from Grant to Ross in the next month or two. We have been told it will be “hotel” style seating- there are not enough desks for every person in the department, and no one will be assigned a personal desk. Essentially first come, first served. Someone brought up the issue of insufficient seating in a town hall meeting yesterday and the Chief Administrative Officer, Alejandro Perez, stated that there are “alternative seating options” like couches and conference rooms lol. So if you get there and there is no desk available (each has 2 monitors, a mouse, and keyboard) then you are out of luck and can sit on a couch or in a conference room on your laptop for the day.

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HomicidalHushPuppy t1_jegh0ss wrote

>and no one will be assigned a personal desk. Essentially first come, first served

So they learned absolutely nothing about good health practices from the pandemic...

[Not really surprised]

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Vogon_Poetess t1_jegl39w wrote

And learned nothing from experience. They had the “hot desking” on the renovated floors at Grant Street and from what I understand from a few people it was very much hated.

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reesesmama OP t1_jeghb8f wrote

Absolutely nothing. Sharing desks, keyboards, mouses …. I will be investing in lots of Clorox wipes!

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heisenburgscousin t1_jegwzou wrote

What a shit show lmao. How the fuck do you expect people to be productive sitting on a couch with a tiny laptop

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enoughstreet t1_jeh1vux wrote

I think there is a rift of some description between mellon ownership, maybe change in generation going to occur. And that’s part of it. Since the family foundation is leaving

I am strong mellon financial not bny mellon but I had a program with bny and I was routed into nyc branch not to Pitt.

I’m the end I am positive, my ex from college wanted me back for mellon help but got a recruiter get him and his best friend into ey. I don’t know what’s more of a joke.

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