Well as you can see not even a year ago I took a new job that made all kinds of promises. The job was an hour away from where I live but promised I’d mostly be WFH as well as better hours, better pay, etc.
The first several months were fine. It wasn’t a particularly exciting or interesting job, but the hours were chill and I barely went into the office unless they asked me to. I didn’t really get any feedback from my boss, so I assumed my work performance was satisfactory. There were some things I knew I needed to work on just because I take pride in my work and a couple things weren’t up to my standards but NBD.
Well, several months into my job they call me in and tell me that my performance is sh*t and now I need to come in 4 days a week. Like what???? Why was this not communicated to me sooner? Also why not 2 days a week instead of 4? I wasn’t coming in basically at all and nobody told me this was a problem but going from almost 100% WFH to 4 days a week driving an hour each way is a huge jump.
And now I’m stuck because I have to come in because its clear my job is on the line and I can’t leave because if I do I will have to pay my signing bonus back and I can’t afford that.
Every day I wake up with an overwhelming sense of dread and I cry on my way to work because I hate this so much and I’m stuck.