Landlord constantly enters tenant’s apartment without telling her, makes excuses to use her Wi-Fi: ‘He said I was being dramatic’

Should you let your landlord come into your apartment whenever they want? Your boundaries are your boundaries and they shouldn’t be crossed so easily. You’re entitled to privacy in your own home, a place that you presumably pay rent to be in. Just because you have a landlord doesn’t mean that they get the right …
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53-year-old man constantly uses girlfriend’s home to work from home, leaving her with no space: ‘He’s on the phone a lot so I can’t make noise’

Would you allow your partner to work from your house all the time? Nobody wants to be locked out of their lives. We all need space and time to be ourselves in our own home, no matter if we’re in a relationship or not. You need your space. Especially if you’re used to having it …
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‘We can work from home’: Home Office memes for all remote workers going to work in their livingrooms and wearing pajamas

Working from home has some pretty good advantages!  For starters, when you have the chance to work from home, you get to sleep a little bit more. You don’t have to leave your house at six in the morning to commute for two hours till you get to the office. And that’s another thing: you …
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CEO Mandates Employees Work in the Office 5 Days a Week, Despite The Fact That he Never Works in the Office

Rules for thee, but not for me. 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 …
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Landlord raises rent 5 months in because tenant has a remote job, claims they’re conducing a business from the apartment

Is working from home a reason to raise the rent? Dealing with landlords can be a huge pain in the neck, and the landlord from this story, which was shared on the tenant subreddit, was no exception. They think that just because they have a certain amount of power (they own the property in which …
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Boss demands Marketing Coordinator work from the office alone while all other employees are working from home: ‘I asked if I could go to work from home and she has just ghosted me.’

Is there any value in having an employee work from the office by himself? 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 …
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Remote job asks employees to video their work-from-home space for social media, employees bristle at invasion of privacy

Would you send a video of your apartment to your work? Privacy is a huge thing. We all deserve it, and in higher volumes than we’re currently getting. It’s difficult to ask for in the workplace, though, and sometimes you feel like you have to do everything you’re asked to do, even if it’s outside …
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Remote employee bans guests from sleeping in their home office for 7 days when they decided to extend their stay without asking: ‘[My] office is not a luxury, it’s how I do my job’

When you’re a WFH employee, home offices are for work, not guests.  This work-from-home employee had a well-established office in their house that took over their spare room; however, the guests who extended their stay for another week saw the room as a free space for them to spread out. However, this worker refused to …
Seguir leyendo Remote employee bans guests from sleeping in their home office for 7 days when they decided to extend their stay without asking: ‘[My] office is not a luxury, it’s how I do my job’

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.’

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 …
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