remote work

CEO reprimands employee after his 5-year-old appeared in the background during a work call, employee resigns after pressure: 'I don't feel I can work here anymore'

Ben Weiss

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After remote employee is forced to start workdays from the office, they decide to commute on bike, resulting in only two hours of active work a day: ‘I was paid to cycle around'

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I MUST be there in person for 9 hours': Boss compels employee to go into the office despite 95% of meetings being online

Ben Weiss

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Employee ends lease and sells furniture after accepting a promotion taking him 2,000 miles away, severals week before the move company cancels everything: ‘[I'm] about to be homeless…'

Elna McHilderson

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Boss demands remote employees decorate their home office for Christmas, one employee refuses, boss blames them for ruining the holiday spirit: 'It isn't my job to decorate for her’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Remote consultants forced to work off old computers, they get even with management by slowing their pace down: 'There really is no way for us to go quicker without quicker laptops'

Ben Weiss

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'I automated my job over a year ago and haven't told anyone': IT specialist spends all day playing video games after perfecting automated system for his entire job

Ben Weiss

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Boss forces manager to require that his assistant join team meetings during his vacation: '[We] need to attend meetings for free on our days off'

Ben Weiss

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Work-from-home employee rebels after boss starts tracking mouse and keyboard activity: 'Remote work was supposed to be about trust and flexibility'

Ben Weiss

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Fully remote 22-year-old's mother doesn't believe he's employed, so he gets an in-person job overseas to spite her: 'All of this because my last straw was forcing me to send out job applications'

Ben Weiss

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UPDATE: Power-tripping bosses insists employee can't work from home, employee refuses to work anywhere but the office: 'Important calculation due? Sorry, no work from home allowed'

Remy Millisky

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Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Remote worker hired, then told she has to come in 3 days a week despite stipulations in her contract, HR ignores her dispute: 'My team is spread across states anyway!'

Ben Weiss

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HR forgets to approve employee's work-from-home requests, employee stops coming in with no consequences: 'Bureaucracy at its finest'

Ben Weiss

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Employee discovers how to avoid the 'hidden tax' of the office and saves $600 each month: 'It's about financial survival'

Remy Millisky

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‘I struggled to keep from smiling on the call': Remote employee offered an 8-month severance package just days before quitting when their company initiates a return-to-office mandate

Jesse Kessenheimer

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