When boss demands no work from home, employee's 'savage' response goes viral

What do you do when your office tells you there's no work from home at all? Most people would resign themselves to enduring the daily grind of commuting, braving hours of traffic, and navigating the chaos of public transport. However, one person's unconventional response to this situation has left people calling them 'savage'¡ªand you might just agree.

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Posting on the 'Anti Work' subreddit, a Redditor shared their experience with a job that insisted on no work from home, even during a snowstorm.

"Even though I work in IT and do everything remotely, they want me in the office," they wrote.

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In response, the Redditor took a stand by deleting Microsoft Teams and email from their phone, refusing to be available after working hours.

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"My boss tried to call me for something urgent last night and couldn't reach me. He asked why today, and I explained what I was told," the Redditor recounted, ending his conversion with this Manager with a simple yet powerful statement: "I am not allowed to work from home."

Check out the post here:

Seems fair to me. pic.twitter.com/Vae9wkhXCM

¡ª BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) June 22, 2024

In an era where work from home is slowly ending, with many offices returning to a full in-office mandate - despite what employees want - this post naturally went viral.

One user commented, "Good point. Have you noticed how they grimace when you ask to work from home, but when they need you on a support rota, you're suddenly able to do the most important work from anywhere?"

Another added, "Exactly. No 'have your cake and eat it too.' If no work from home, then my personal phone is off limits."

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A third user pointed out, "Even if you were allowed to work from home, your boss shouldn't expect you to be available outside of working hours (unless your role involves saving lives). Both should be the norm."

Another shared, "I work from home, and it¡¯s great. My boss seems to not care when people work, as long as the work gets done on time."

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Now, wouldn't that be everyone's ideal situation?

One more opinion read, "Only a tiny subset of technology professionals need to be in the office. Everything can be performed remotely as long as there's that small subset of smart hands and technicians on-premise. Anything higher level can be done remotely."

What's your take on this?

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