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I left an employer a few years ago to take a remote work job. Hearing from some of the employees after I left, HR took that to mean I left because I didn't want
by freehunter 10y ago
I left an employer a few years ago to take a remote work job. Hearing from some of the employees after I left, HR took that to mean I left because I didn't want to work in an office, and instituted a "work from home with manager approval" policy, where you can request WFH days and as long as your manager agrees, you can stay home. Of course it means you have to plan ahead to bring your laptop, and if you have a desktop you're stuck working over RDP, and the helpdesk/support guys aren't eligible. And of course this only applies to IT, which was like 20 people out of 2000 employees.
Still, it's a step in the right direction I guess?
- sidlls 10y agoIn that kind of situation the lack of an office presence is going to be a net negative in many if not most cases. The kind of small, in-house shop you describe tends to be governed very much by office politics and attracts a certain kind of manager who will very happily use the WFH policy as a cudgel as much as he will a carrot.
- freehunter 10y agoYou're spot-on. They actually used different working shifts as punishments. Technically we were only open 9-5 with limited support staff 24/7 for our website, but some employees had a hard time working and not socializing, so they were asked to come in at off-hours to disrupt the amount of time they shared with other workers. I imagine they're being asked to work from home now, so they have zero face-to-face interactions as another step towards getting them to quit. We had some employees with a 1+hr commute one-way, so the policy was probably marketed as being nice to them, but I'll bet you're right and it's being used as a punishment for others.