remote work

Remote Worker Reprimanded for Not Being Performative Enough on Slack Despite Stellar Output

Ben Weiss

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Job Candidate Accepts Offer and Resigns From Current Role, Only To Discover the New Position Is Hybrid and the Office Is 47 Miles Away

Ben Weiss

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100% Remote Worker forced to return to office 3x per week, considers switching jobs: 'I genuinely don't know how people did this every day'

Remy Millisky

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People share times they finagled companies into paying them for doing 0 work: 'The truth is, I'm at home not even thinking about [work].'

Elna McHilderson

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In-office manager tries to lie his way into a room during yearly in-person meeting for remote workers, takes team 15 minutes to prove he's full of it: ‘Enter entitled manager… at 2pm.’

Elna McHilderson

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Remote employee only works 30 minutes per day after spending their 20s "working so so hard"

Remy Millisky

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'I drove across town to do remote work in a closet': Remote employee rebels against in-person mandate after company installs "focus rooms" for all-day virtual meetings

Ben Weiss

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New remote manager files HR complaint for one employee using her allotted 14-day PTO and another her full 50-day maternity leave, HR just shrugs: ‘[HR] said, “No, she is absolutely entitled to do that."'

Elna McHilderson

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Irresponsible tenant relies on a remote worker neighbor as her personal 'backup key' until he cuts off communication: ‘She would even message me in wee hours’

Celeste Mello

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Company policy forces employee to book a flight for himself and the boss that's 5 extra hours just to save $250, airline upgrades employee but not boss, policy gets changed by Monday: ‘Oh, the kicker…’

Elna McHilderson

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Remote employee calls out their disruptive roommate by matching their energy and taking loud work calls in the common area: ‘We agreed that we would use headphones’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boston-based employee's remote status revoked, forced to come into a WeWork twice a week with no one from his company on site: 'No one from my team is within 500 miles!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets written up for going to his 2:00pm dentist appointment during working hours

Ben Weiss

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Absent boss gets backlash for demanding fully remote team to come into the office "5 days a week (8 AM - 5 PM)"

Ben Weiss

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Employee caught on camera clipping his toenails during management meeting: 'I forgot I had my work camera on'

Ben Weiss

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Manager schedules daily check-ins during employee's lunch break, employee insists on cooking during the meeting anyway: 'I made a full grilled cheese on my little desk griddle'

Ben Weiss

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