I never thought I'd be posting in this community, but had a conversation this week with my new boss that really upset me. Started a new job in July going from a fully-remote job to one that was “hybrid”.
For context, I suffer from IBS, anxiety and depression, and I've been going through a pretty rough patch. Regardless, I got work done. Being fully-remote, I'd start my day whenever and wrap up my day whenever, it wasn't so much about the hours but about being available to provide support for users and that assigned projects gone done. Basically shit gets done, and everyone was more than satisfied with the quality and speed of my work, in fact they were impressed. It's also been years since I've been in a customer-facing role that requires me to be in a seat at a specific time. I was okay with moving to a hybrid role since I was going a bit stir-crazy at home and I felt like I'd have more growth opportunities working face-to-face.
My new boss essentially said to be in around 8 AM. Like the last few days I left home a little late due to my IBS, and got in a little past 8, I had no meetings to miss, no customers/clients I had to work with, hell my boss didn't even actually meet with me until later that day, it had no impact on my assigned tasks or productivity. But she set me aside yesterday late morning upset that I was a few minutes late and asking if it would be a regular occurrence. On top of that, she set an expectation that WFH is something that our department doesn't really do.
I'm frustrated at this point, for essentially being treated like a child who has to be in a seat at a particular time. I wanted to be in the office and work with people face-to-face, but this is to another extreme. I was expecting some flexibility so I could have my own personal life and take care of myself. If I had known this I'd have stayed at my old job even if it wasn't exactly the best work environment.