Working from home used to be reserved for the Carrie Bradshaws of the world. The freelancers, the novelists, the homeschoolers, the stay-at-home parents. Now so many of us work from home that it’s actually deeply affecting the economy. Wonder what happened in the last 5 years that made that possible? Not worth investigating. All that …
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35-year-old husband lashes out at wife for keeping her headphones on during WFH day, says she didn’t hear him calling for help with chores: ‘My husband came in, visibly upset’
Headphones are an incredible invention. I don’t know what I would have done without them. All those times on the bus to school, looking out the window listening to whatever angsty Spotify playlist I had just cooked up… those were deeply formative times in my adolescence. Then, as I got older, listening to instrumental jazz …
Seguir leyendo 35-year-old husband lashes out at wife for keeping her headphones on during WFH day, says she didn’t hear him calling for help with chores: ‘My husband came in, visibly upset’
Mother-in-law refuses to see daughter-in-law’s remote programming job as ‘real,’ calls her out at a family barbecue: ‘Yeah, and that […] paid off your son’s student loans’
There’s a big generational gap when it comes to attitudes about work. Older generations might think that since they were forced to work a certain way, others should too. They spent countless hours commuting, stayed at a company for decades, and sometimes put work before family (especially if they had a wife at home taking …
Seguir leyendo Mother-in-law refuses to see daughter-in-law’s remote programming job as ‘real,’ calls her out at a family barbecue: ‘Yeah, and that […] paid off your son’s student loans’
‘Stop acting so entitled’: Manager asks fresh-out-of-college hire to make 1hr commute 4 times per month, they wonder if that’s an unreasonable request
Coming of working age at this time in the history of work is an interesting one. The world of employment looks vastly different than it did even 10 years ago. So many of us are working remotely more often, employees are re-drawing boundaries over what they will put up with in the workplace, and priorities …
Seguir leyendo ‘Stop acting so entitled’: Manager asks fresh-out-of-college hire to make 1hr commute 4 times per month, they wonder if that’s an unreasonable request
‘Is this even legal?’: New employee signs contract to work remotely, employer rug-pulls and demands they come in once a week
The difference between working remotely sometimes and working remotely all the time is a huge one. When you’re fully remote (and with the ability to work asynchronously) you could be anywhere in the world. You could decide to give up your apartment and spend every month in a new city. You can come and go …
Seguir leyendo ‘Is this even legal?’: New employee signs contract to work remotely, employer rug-pulls and demands they come in once a week
Job requires a typed reason for any time away from keyboard, employee hilariously and maliciously complies: ‘I cannot leave my laptop alone’
No one likes a micromanager. In my experience, people work best when you trust them. If they know that they’re valued and trusted and able to do their job in their own way, then they will thrive. They’re (presumably) not children, so they don’t need to be treated as such. Independence makes everyone happier. But …
Seguir leyendo Job requires a typed reason for any time away from keyboard, employee hilariously and maliciously complies: ‘I cannot leave my laptop alone’
Remote employee berates coworker for asking CEO why they can work from home and she can’t, refuses to apologize despite making her cry: ‘I would never do what she did and now she won’t do it again.’
There’s a social code among coworkers. Nobody wants to be the person who rats out every mistake a coworker makes to a higher-up. Sometimes, small mistakes can be corrected at the lower level, and no CEO, CFO, or Editor in Chief cares to know about it. We learn this lesson very early on in life. …
Seguir leyendo Remote employee berates coworker for asking CEO why they can work from home and she can’t, refuses to apologize despite making her cry: ‘I would never do what she did and now she won’t do it again.’
Job tells remote employee he can’t move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: ‘I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team’
Working from home has changed so many people’s lives. I know people who travel the world and are able to finance that not by being an underpaid au pair but by working for an American company remotely. There’s a whole community on Reddit dedicated to the overemployed: people who have two or three remote jobs …
Seguir leyendo Job tells remote employee he can’t move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: ‘I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team’
‘Your husband sounds like he wants a 1950s housewife’: Wife works full-time remote job while taking care of 1-year-old, husband pressures her to do more around the house
The division of labor between members of a household can be hard to dileniate. There’s money to be made, a house to be cleaned, and children to be reared. But who can do it all? But even when you do have a partner to share the load, how do you decide who does what, especially …
Seguir leyendo ‘Your husband sounds like he wants a 1950s housewife’: Wife works full-time remote job while taking care of 1-year-old, husband pressures her to do more around the house
5-year-old daughter appears on dad’s work screen for 2 seconds during 8:30 PM meeting, HR reprimands him: ‘I don’t think I can work here anymore’
Remote work is something we’re all still figuring out. We remain in the beginning phases of what will become a long history of folks working from home, or wherever they happen to be. So it follows that not everyone has the same definition of working from home. Some employers hope that you have a room …
Seguir leyendo 5-year-old daughter appears on dad’s work screen for 2 seconds during 8:30 PM meeting, HR reprimands him: ‘I don’t think I can work here anymore’