Month: March 2022

I get some of it. There are significant benefits for many (if not most) people working from home. Like lesser costs for commute & lunch and the ability to manage time more efficiently. But also companies are demanding to check in regularly or monitor your (digital) activity. They profit from the internet connection you pay for, for free. Those who have the luxury of a spare room to create a 'home office' are not compensated for it. And those who do not, are expected to manage their home situation so they can work/ have digital meetings. We've all seen the funny videos of a family member, roommate or child interrupting a meeting. We've seen people lash out against others for it. But isn't it strange that it is accepted that the people who live in the same house are expected to change their behavior in the privacy of their own…

Started here in December of 2021. Was originally told 1 day a week in office as needed. This has now become 2 (ideally 3) days a week in office due to the CEO thinking we are losing productivity. I want to quit asap. Help? I want remote only. I do not want to commute into the office with record high gas prices just to do video calls. They aren't even doing a phasing in either. It's a “Starting this week, get back here.”

I've been lurking this board for quite a while now and I've noticed a really strong trend. The vast majority of you are not against working… You're just against being abused and taken advantage of. Kudos. Me on the other hand, I really don't want to work 5 days per week. I have two young children and I feel as though all of my energy goes into work. The evenings off are just enough to recover so that I can do it again tomorrow. The weekends are just enough for me to maintain my other responsibilities and to prevent absolute burnout… I'm in a very fortunate position. I do a high-stress job but I'm treated well by my employers and I earn double the UK average (supporting a family of 4 still leaves me on a very tight budget). But this just isn't the life I want. I'm now actively…

I really do not understand the urge for companies upper management to make emloyees come into office. Why cant we work form home. Why are people so against it. It is the best thing that can happen for a employee for his mental health and work conditions. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Now give me a sec to explain. I'm sure we have all seen whiny posts complaining they can't find workers, as though there is something indecent about the owners having to work. They have capital and can't produce. They are saying capitalism is a failure! Where all the workers own the business there is Np with labour shortages. And that is… Socialism. So my message is, don't be a socialist fanboy, pay your workers a living wage! I also found an (incomplete) list of companies where the workers do own the company. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_employee-owned_companies

Like most people who were able to WFH, I really enjoyed it. It allowed for a much healthier life balance in a lot of ways. With COVID cases going down, my employer has decided that rather than a full WFH schedule, we should be back in the office for 4 days with 1 WFH day of our choice. Everyone was interviewed by HR about their thoughts on the matter and everyone I’ve talked to said they wanted more than 1 WFH day. On top of that, the lease for the space we work in is coming to an end son and the talk is, we are getting a new space in a more expensive area of NYC. People have expressed their needs to WFH yet we are moving in a direction where the company is going to spend more per month on a leased space that we will be guilted…

My company uses software that has the ability to track our movements. I was asked today to start the tracking when I leave my house to go to the first job site. Does this mean they admit my commute is now company time and I should be paid for it?

Any ideas how I approach this situation? I don’t want to burn bridges but I have my business to think about. I work salaried for an estate agents mon-Fri 9-5. My boss bought a restaurant recently and has decided I will shoot the food for menu items and website use, which I wasn’t consulted on. How do I politely refuse to do it on work time considering they could make it difficult for me at work if I do? I run my own photography biz in my spare time and would happily charge a client upwards of £1k if they came to me with the job. I know my boss won’t pay that. Help, I’ve been ‘booked in’ for the food shoot today. I don’t have lights or props with me and it feels like it’ll be half assed. This will make me look bad as a photographer.

I am a teacher at a charter where I normally love my coworkers. Now that I have Long-Covid, I'm getting the corporate end of the stick. I most likely got sick from school and had it over the holiday. It took me 3-4 weeks to not feel like death (I hadn't got my booster bc I was either sick or didn't want to miss work/errands on the weekend). I took my 2 weeks covid leave, thought I was great. Until Long-covid started & I couldn't remember my kids names or how which way to turn the keys to get into my classroom. I talked about accomodations, but realized there was no way to make it work, since I need constant rest to not have chest pains and lose oxygen. I reached out for short term disability & the helpful environment froze immediately. I needed to get a dr's note to…