He’s got bad luck. Your daily commute can greatly impact your feelings about your job. If you don’t like your job, but only have to walk five minutes to get to it, that might make you like it more. If you love your job but have to travel three hours round-trip to get to it, …
Seguir leyendo Company announces return to office 2 days after employee signs a lease on an apartment 45 minutes away from the office: ‘I have been remote for 3 years.’
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Boss mandates a virtual Happy Hour with remote employees every Friday at 4 PM: ‘It is not even remotely optional.’
Are they trying to make their employees hate them? I find great value in working alongside others. I get so much more done working in a cafe with my friends than I do working at home, lying in bed in my pajamas, and a lot of Work from Home evangelists don’t want you to believe …
Seguir leyendo Boss mandates a virtual Happy Hour with remote employees every Friday at 4 PM: ‘It is not even remotely optional.’
Company won’t allow remote employee to relocate 1 mile away within their city: ‘You’ve been shown the warning signs’
Why should a remote job require you to be in a certain zip code? Maybe you’ve heard about the delights of working a remote job. Maybe you work one yourself. You know the flexibility it gives you, and you use it to your advantage. If you need to skip town for a week, you can …
Seguir leyendo Company won’t allow remote employee to relocate 1 mile away within their city: ‘You’ve been shown the warning signs’
Employee doesn’t show up for work for 3 weeks straight, all they get is a polite call asking them to return: ‘Sounds like a pretty chill place to work’
You’ve heard of quiet quitting. But what happens when you just stop showing up altogether? Maybe you’ve been tempted by the idea of quiet quitting. For those unfamiliar, it’s the idea that you put in the barest minimum of effort at work- just enough to stay employed and nothing beyond that. Folks in different businesses …
Seguir leyendo Employee doesn’t show up for work for 3 weeks straight, all they get is a polite call asking them to return: ‘Sounds like a pretty chill place to work’
Company forces worker to commute 40 minutes 2/week just to sit in a room alone taking Zoom meetings
Would you commute to an office just to sit in a room by yourself? There has been a big push back to the office in the last couple of years, for reasons that sometimes seem mysterious. It’s unclear how much of an impact it has on productivity, but many workers have become comfortable with working …
Seguir leyendo Company forces worker to commute 40 minutes 2/week just to sit in a room alone taking Zoom meetings
Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: ‘I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.’
Why are they requiring her to do something so tedious with no follow-up? I find great value in working alongside others. I get so much more done working in a cafe with my friends than I do working at home laying in bed in my pajamas, and a lot of Work from Home evangelists don’t …
Seguir leyendo Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: ‘I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.’
Manager insists remote employee of 21 years attend 90 minute, 6:30 AM meeting three times weekly: ‘I am genetically inclined to be a night owl’
When it comes to remote work, the endless flexibility can be a blessing and a curse. One of the biggest benefits of many working from home jobs is the ability to attend to chores and commitments during the workday in ways that would be nearly impossible in any on-site role. The flipside of this is …
Seguir leyendo Manager insists remote employee of 21 years attend 90 minute, 6:30 AM meeting three times weekly: ‘I am genetically inclined to be a night owl’
Remote job asks employee for a full video of their workspace so a third party vendor can do a ‘safety assessment’: ‘Your employer wants supervised access to your home’
Your personal space is just that. Personal. Your room is a private thing. It feels intimate to let anyone else see it, let alone spend time in there. It’s the place where you can be your most unfettered self. You shouldn’t have to hide anything in your room; you should feel free to let it …
Seguir leyendo Remote job asks employee for a full video of their workspace so a third party vendor can do a ‘safety assessment’: ‘Your employer wants supervised access to your home’
Woman forbids roommate from using shared office space for 2-3 hours/day, claims she’s having ‘confidential’ meetings
What if your own roommate locked you out of your shared space? Roommates are not always easy to deal with, even if you have a semi-normal working relationship. Maybe you both keep to yourselves and make sure your areas are clean, but that doesn’t mean you won’t run into conflict. Stuff is bound to come …
Seguir leyendo Woman forbids roommate from using shared office space for 2-3 hours/day, claims she’s having ‘confidential’ meetings
Remote worker of 3 years still has to field 2pm lunch requests from neighbors, friend who assume they’re always free
Are remote workers allowed to draw boundaries around their time, too? When you’re working remotely, you might have to remind everyone that you’re still working. Since most people associate being busy with being out somewhere, you probably have to explain that just because you’re at home doesn’t mean you have nothing to do. Maybe you …
Seguir leyendo Remote worker of 3 years still has to field 2pm lunch requests from neighbors, friend who assume they’re always free