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I did not quit, I stalled. I was looking for a house to rent, my wife needed to find a new job, kids had troubles at school... RTO deadline was like 8 months ag

I did not quit, I stalled. I was looking for a house to rent, my wife needed to find a new job, kids had troubles at school... RTO deadline was like 8 months ago, nothing happened so far. My contract says "my place of work" is at my home and I work remotely. It is illegal to move employees thousands of kilometres. Company should not expect some sort of honest answer to this illegal action. Employees should not fall on sword and quit, they should get fired with compensation etc... Also in my country if you quit yourself, you lose right for unemployment support!

qngcdvy 3y ago
In my personal environment I have many people that don't live in the city they work in, for various reasons. They do, however, live in the range of like 1h-1.5h away. 1.5h on a daily level, speaking from experience, can really make or break a (family) life. I'm all with you. They wanted us to go to university. They wanted both partners to have jobs to support a family. Now they want to force those workers to live close to work (for the most part so management can watch butts-in-chairs) again. This can only be prevented if employees stand and fight together.
serial_dev 3y ago
You can stay home and keep things the way they were, and management does not need to fire you or confront you because they can tell others (who were to meek to stand up for themselves) that "he/she is working on it" indefinitely. They can save face as you not challenge their authority directly and also don't need to fire you because you pretend to be collaborating, and you going back to the office could happen any time soon. That's a really good approach, that's also what I'd use if I can't find a better alternative.