Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by pavel_lishin on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:08AM (#41568411)

When my employer tried to make us come back to the office, I flat out told them - school dropoff is at 8:30, the next train is at 8:50, so the earliest I can be in the office is 10, if every train arrival is precisely synchronized, which it never is.

And since pick-up is at 4:30, it means I have to leave the office at 3:00 at the absolute latest, lest I incur significant monetary penalties - as well as the ire of the people who care for my child - for late pick-up.

So sure, if you want me in the office for five hours a day - one of which is going to be taken up by going to lunch with my coworkers, since face-time is so important - I'll be there.

Unless there are significant delays, which there usually are, in which case I'll be there for maybe four hours a day, because I'll also have to leave early since delays in the morning frequently mean delays in the evening.

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Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by ncruces on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @07:32PM (#41573995)

The people who care for your child should themselves tell their employer, in ire, that the earliest they can be at the office is 10, and that they have to leave by 3 at the absolute latest, since they have train commutes themselves.

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Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by pavel_lishin on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @07:29AM (#41578380)

The people who care for my child cannot do their jobs remotely; I can.

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Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by ncruces on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @02:21PM (#41583594)

Then maybe don't use their plight to boast about how tough your are.

Or to complain about the significant monetary penalties you'd have to pay, when it's surely easier to pay those on your salary than theirs.

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Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by pavel_lishin on Thursday September 19, 2024 @08:42AM (#41591240)

Am I allowed to complain about anything, so long as someone else has it worse off than me?

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Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by ncruces on Thursday September 19, 2024 @02:05PM (#41594554)

You didn't complain, you boasted about being in a position of power.

And used someone else being worse off than you to justify being right about it.

Having said that, complaining is free. We both can do it.

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