Re:Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It
by toomuchtodo on Monday October 02, 2023 @12:17PM
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> and the company has no obligation to keep an employee working in a remote context that the company doesn't favor anymore.
Unless laws change to require them to [1], workers organize to require it be provided [2], or you've had the working arrangement codified in your offer letter or other contractual documentation so that requiring you to come into an office is constructive dismissal [3]. This whole "employers can do whatever they want" era can't come to an end quick enough.
(recently dropped a couple grand on sending tech workers to a conference on how to unionize their tech workplaces, looking forward to seeing that pay some dividends)
Unless laws change to require them to [1], workers organize to require it be provided [2], or you've had the working arrangement codified in your offer letter or other contractual documentation so that requiring you to come into an office is constructive dismissal [3]. This whole "employers can do whatever they want" era can't come to an end quick enough.
[1] https://globalnews.lockton.com/new-remote-working-legislatio...
[2] https://prismreports.org/2020/04/23/suddenly-working-remotel...
[3] https://www.newsweek.com/let-them-fire-you-remote-worker-urg...
(recently dropped a couple grand on sending tech workers to a conference on how to unionize their tech workplaces, looking forward to seeing that pay some dividends)