Remote work should save you money, not come with an extra cost. Working from home devotees often praise the fact that doing your job from your house stops you from spending on the commute and lunchtime corporate slop bowls, among other benefits. The ability to clock in without even having to roll out of bed …
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23-year-old works from home while living with parents, protests when they interrupt her work day: ‘I am out of energy’
How much privacy should you be able to expect when working from home with other people around? While being able to work remotely has many benefits, it is important to note its drawbacks as well. One of these is that it is more likely that a remote worker is not going to be doing their …
Seguir leyendo 23-year-old works from home while living with parents, protests when they interrupt her work day: ‘I am out of energy’
Company Agrees to Let Employee Work Remotely, Demands He Travels 3 Times a Month 5 Months Later
Does a remote worker need to travel for their job at any time? Over the past decade, more and more people have been introduced to the myriad benefits of working from home. Saving time and money on a commute and having increased flexibility are something that many workers are not willing to give up, even …
Seguir leyendo Company Agrees to Let Employee Work Remotely, Demands He Travels 3 Times a Month 5 Months Later
Employee meets no colleagues when told to return to office, starts working remotely again and gets a raise: ‘I decided to just stop’
What’s the benefit of office work if there is nobody else around to work with? A large proportion of jobs that exist today can be done comfortably outside of a formal workplace, but that doesn’t stop employers from deciding that their email-sending, spreadsheet-analyzing workers absolutely must be back in the office for one reason or …
Seguir leyendo Employee meets no colleagues when told to return to office, starts working remotely again and gets a raise: ‘I decided to just stop’
Employee with 3 years at company trains new coworker, realizes he’s allowed to work from home while he has to stay in the office: ‘I feel embarrassingly bitter’
Could you stay in a job where a less experienced colleague gets privileges that you don’t? In a just world, people who do a good job would be allowed to dictate their own working arrangements. Happy employees are also more likely to be productive ones, who care about the outcomes of their work and not …
Seguir leyendo Employee with 3 years at company trains new coworker, realizes he’s allowed to work from home while he has to stay in the office: ‘I feel embarrassingly bitter’
Employee works from home, landlord tries to charge them $200/month commercial usage fee: ‘I literally just sit there’
How do you cope with a landlord who demands unexpected payments? It is an unfortunate fact of renting a place to live that the people who own these types of properties have a vested interest in extracting as much money as possible from their tenants. What’s more, a lot of them do not care about …
Seguir leyendo Employee works from home, landlord tries to charge them $200/month commercial usage fee: ‘I literally just sit there’
Manager uses work from home option weekly, prevents employees from doing the same: ‘The other departments use it no problem’
Perks of the job that are specific to one person are almost always bound to cause problems. While it may be true that most workplaces have a defined hierarchy and most will accept that certain benefits only come from being higher up the totem pole, that doesn’t stop certain behaviors from being unfair. As a …
Seguir leyendo Manager uses work from home option weekly, prevents employees from doing the same: ‘The other departments use it no problem’
Company demands remote employees return to office 3 days a week, provides tiny space with malfunctioning Wi-Fi: ‘It’s chaos with barely any privacy’
Many companies are turning away from the working-from-home revolution. At the start of this decade, when anyone in an office job had no other choice, it really seemed like we were onto something, with a realization in the working world that a lot of jobs could be done pretty much anywhere if the roles were …
Seguir leyendo Company demands remote employees return to office 3 days a week, provides tiny space with malfunctioning Wi-Fi: ‘It’s chaos with barely any privacy’
Boss agrees to let employee work from home after 3 PM daily, boss’s daughter gets annoyed when she challenges her on it: ‘She has no authority’
There is an argument to be made that work and family should never mix. Without a doubt, if your kid wants to be a part of the family business, it is tempting to go the nepotism route and give them a nicely paid position with you to kickstart (or prolong) their career. Most parents want …
Seguir leyendo Boss agrees to let employee work from home after 3 PM daily, boss’s daughter gets annoyed when she challenges her on it: ‘She has no authority’
Office worker asks work from home boyfriend to contribute to chores during the workday, gets annoyed when he waits until after work: ‘It’s still getting done’
Proponents of working from home praise its flexibility, but that only goes so far. The degree to which a remote worker is able to execute the work-life balance that their position supposedly comes with is highly dependent on the type of job that they have and the lifestyle they maintain outside of it. Where some …
Seguir leyendo Office worker asks work from home boyfriend to contribute to chores during the workday, gets annoyed when he waits until after work: ‘It’s still getting done’