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 …
Seguir leyendo Landlord raises rent 5 months in because tenant has a remote job, claims they’re conducing a business from the apartment
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 …
Seguir leyendo 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.’
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 …
Seguir leyendo Remote job asks employees to video their work-from-home space for social media, employees bristle at invasion of privacy
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 …
Seguir leyendo Woman forbids roommate from using shared office space for 2-3 hours/day, claims she’s having ‘confidential’ meetings
‘I haven’t seen sunlight the past 11 months’: Boss demands software engineer work from 9:30 AM ‘until the work is done’ every day
There is no set’ end time’ for the workday, and it’s making his employees downright batty. Have you ever worked somewhere where your boss wants you to stay ‘until the work is finished?’ On my very first day at a restaurant, I asked the manager if I could leave at 9:45 because that was the …
Seguir leyendo ‘I haven’t seen sunlight the past 11 months’: Boss demands software engineer work from 9:30 AM ‘until the work is done’ every day
25-year-old kicks his 35-year-old homeless brother out of his house after he flirts with his 25-year-old wife
He didn’t even want to house his brother, who has failed to launch in the most spectacular way. The only reason he was living with his younger brother was that their parents had kicked him out of their house, and they begged him to deal with him. If you are a kind-hearted individual, it can …
Seguir leyendo 25-year-old kicks his 35-year-old homeless brother out of his house after he flirts with his 25-year-old wife
Company allows high-performing employees to work from home, forces everyone to return to office when underperforming employees complain: ‘Because others are underperforming, we have to return to office full time.’
They should’ve used working from home as a reward in the first place. How should a company motivate its employees to perform well? You might think that employees should be intrinsically motivated to do well just for the sake of doing well and promoting the company, but we all know that’s not always how it …
Seguir leyendo Company allows high-performing employees to work from home, forces everyone to return to office when underperforming employees complain: ‘Because others are underperforming, we have to return to office full time.’