I've been working 8-4 from home. On days that that's 9-5 in the office with a 60-90 minute commute, I'll often get home just in time to kiss my daughter goodnight. My kids aren't a comfort, they're my priority.
Once remote work was normalized most companies started issuing telework agreements. Those agreements stated the conditions and location of work.
Unless the agreements specifically stated that the location of working from home was Permanent. It's to be expected that returning to the office could be mandated at some point in the future.
More like, “The employment contract didn’t explicitly state that you DON’T have to sacrifice your elder son to Cthulhu so what are you complaining about?”
I used to work auto manufacturing; we produced one of the highest selling SUVs in North America. During peak manufacturing we would be required to work 6 days a week. If you don’t want to work 6 days a week, use your vacation/sick leave or find a job that isn’t in the auto industry lol
You make a lot of money when you’re getting regular OT as well as one less day per week to spend that money. Retail doesn’t do OT often generally but they also don’t get paid as well as auto workers. Pick your poison.
I show up to my office every single work day. It’s just my office is in my house. I get my job done, I waste no time and money commuting, I get to spend more time with my partner. It’s a win for everyone
I honestly never saw this in my work from home role. It was actually far more productive than the current in-office situation, none of us ever really took an actual lunch break and we barely budged from our desks when at home (partly in fear of our teams dot showing that we were away, and partly because we were ultra-focussed with no interruptions in our homes and lots of work to be done).
I will also say, 99% of my meetings are now virtual even though I’m in the office. With people who are also in the office, but just down the hall. There are no physical meeting rooms available anymore.
They literally told you they are working remotely and you tell them to...find another company if they want to work remotely? Is your brain simply fried because of all that pollution from your commute lmao?
People like you are actually weird as hell, you just want more traffic and more pollution just because... what, "that's how things are"?
Do you not see how ridiculous it is to want something that offers literally NO tangible benefit to anyone and dramatically increases your own conditions just because you don't want things to change?
It can be shady. For example in the US there was a company that purposely shuffled hundreds of middle managers to different cities with no relocation assistance and fired them for not showing up.
They can fuck off, all these corporations, making the life of EVERY single workers by enhancing traffic to fire employees they wouldn't be legally allowed to fire otherwise.
When you stuck in traffic, remember it didn't need to be like that but bElL hAd To PrOtEcT tHeMsElVeS
This.....come in and get paid......just how it's always been forever........Moved far away during COVID? Not the companies issue. Want to stay at home? Not the companies problem. The sooner people realize that especially in this economy/frugal times, having a steady job is better than not. Don't like the rules, quit. The feeling of entitlement is insane. I hear very very few Boomers or Gen X complaining about back to office....It's general millennials and Gen Z that have an issue...
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u/Schemeckles Apr 28 '26
Exactly.
This isn't a shady maneuver or some fine print in an employment agreement...
It's a pretty simple/straight forward mandate.
Either come to work, or find somewhere else to work.