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This might be the worst possible schedule. Mandatory Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays? Terrible. Neither fish nor fowl. Shit, or get off the pot. But deliber

This might be the worst possible schedule. Mandatory Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays? Terrible. Neither fish nor fowl. Shit, or get off the pot. But deliberately constructing the schedule to make actually getting to work remote impractical is mendacious at best.

paulcole 5y ago
Hear me out. Mandatory Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays seems worse, no?
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  The world has been remote for 15 months, that’s the new anchor. Lots of employers going fully remote who wouldn’t have before, raising the tide for everyone. No full remote, start looking for your next gig in one of the best job markets in decades. Likely you’ll get a pay bump as well, as the labor market is tight.
- thrower123 5y ago
  No. Better to be explicit that you're putting people back under thumb, and not pull the bait and switch routine with them. Every wfh Wednesday that you end up having to commute to the office because something comes up will become a nagging grievance.
Pet_Ant 5y ago
The deliberate choice of Thursday over Wednesday is quite a strong indicator that even part-time remote is not an option, so you can't even just commute into the city for work and live a ways away during the rest of the time.
- d3ntb3ev1l 5y ago
  Exactly. Subtle not subtle choosing a days to really make it hard to live anywhere reasonable
- tolbish 5y ago
  "We found that a Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday model encourages people to take a four day weekend."
  - pseudalopex 5y ago
    You can fire someone for not working no matter where they're supposed to work.
- ghaff 5y ago
  I'm remote anyway but if I were to need to commute into my city office (as opposed to the nearer suburban office) two days a week, I'd probably just spring for a hotel room one night per week. I'm a 90 to 120 minute commute and that's tolerable maybe one day per week and the occasional two but not much more.

paulcole 5y ago

Hear me out. Mandatory Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays seems worse, no?

toomuchtodo 5y ago
The world has been remote for 15 months, that’s the new anchor. Lots of employers going fully remote who wouldn’t have before, raising the tide for everyone. No full remote, start looking for your next gig in one of the best job markets in decades. Likely you’ll get a pay bump as well, as the labor market is tight.
thrower123 5y ago
No. Better to be explicit that you're putting people back under thumb, and not pull the bait and switch routine with them. Every wfh Wednesday that you end up having to commute to the office because something comes up will become a nagging grievance.

Pet_Ant 5y ago

The deliberate choice of Thursday over Wednesday is quite a strong indicator that even part-time remote is not an option, so you can't even just commute into the city for work and live a ways away during the rest of the time.

d3ntb3ev1l 5y ago
Exactly. Subtle not subtle choosing a days to really make it hard to live anywhere reasonable
tolbish 5y ago
"We found that a Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday model encourages people to take a four day weekend."
- pseudalopex 5y ago
  You can fire someone for not working no matter where they're supposed to work.
ghaff 5y ago
I'm remote anyway but if I were to need to commute into my city office (as opposed to the nearer suburban office) two days a week, I'd probably just spring for a hotel room one night per week. I'm a 90 to 120 minute commute and that's tolerable maybe one day per week and the occasional two but not much more.