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Overthinking—is this a fireable offense?

I’m in week 4 of my new job and my team, including my boss and the division that we work under, is almost entirely remote. They are located in one state and I’m essentially by myself in another state. The role was advertised as hybrid, so I knew what I was agreeing to. However, there is literally no reason to be in the office except for when I need to print things. I don’t work with anyone here. We will never need to interact in terms of our work, so it feels really weird that I’m being required to come in for the sake of being here. There is no one here that I report to or anyone here who is watching me or who cares or even understands what I do. So my question is: if I were to leave to work from home at some point in the…


I’m in week 4 of my new job and my team, including my boss and the division that we work under, is almost entirely remote. They are located in one state and I’m essentially by myself in another state. The role was advertised as hybrid, so I knew what I was agreeing to.

However, there is literally no reason to be in the office except for when I need to print things. I don’t work with anyone here. We will never need to interact in terms of our work, so it feels really weird that I’m being required to come in for the sake of being here. There is no one here that I report to or anyone here who is watching me or who cares or even understands what I do. So my question is: if I were to leave to work from home at some point in the day, and they were to find out that I am not in the office on my “designated” in-the-office-day, would this be enough to get me fired?

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