So I work in tech and have been remote since the very beginning of the worldwide thing. I was only in the office for about 3 months before we went remote. I’m not a very bad employee but I also didn’t go above and beyond with my work. I did was needed to be done and only took on extra tasks if I was asked to.
I like working from home, especially since I can get an extra hour of sleep every morning and I can cook all my meals at home. I have time to workout and dabble in my hobbies. My productivity is great as is everyone else’s in the company.
Anyways today my boss sent out a mass email saying we are returning to the office full time starting next week. I know most people are unhappy about this but management doesn’t care. So I responded to the email by saying “well expect lower productivity if you force us back to the office”.
No one responded to me. Later today my boss called me and told me that they are doing some cutbacks and that my position has been eliminated effective immediately. I’m in an at will state so I know I can’t do much. Luckily I can probably get a job pretty much whenever I want.
I just thought it was funny how fragile some people are.
Here are what netizens think:
- I was forced back into the office last September. Then we had a COVID outbreak and everyone worked from home for a month from late December to late January. Then they made us come back. But the parent company is struggling to find developers and finally relented to let us work from home 1 day a week. And after a couple of weeks of this, they bumped it to 2.
- If you’re a developer, please leave this company for a job at 3x the pay – then tell them the only reason you started interviewing was “commuting to hangout on slack”
- Boss want to pay more rental and electricity let them be, make sure charge all ur devices in office and stop flushing the toilet.