COMPANY SAYS CAN WFH OR IN OFFICE, NEW STAFF JOINED & FOUND OUT “WFH” IS A LIE

Working in a company with hybrid arrangement but everyone is actually fully WFO-ing (work from office)?

Is this common for anyone else? I recently started a new job at a company last month under the impression there was hybrid available.

However upon joining it came to my dismay that everyone in my department was fully WFO-ing because the top manager demanded it. Apparently the hybrid option was subjected to managers’ own approvals.

I just happened to end up in the wrong department sadly. Apart from this though, the company is great and has good welfare.

But I just cant bear the thought of having to drag myself to work 5 days a week from now on. This is the very first time I’ve had to come WFO everyday.

My prev company allowed for hybrid and before that was covid so my prev prev company allowed full remote work.

Netizens’ comments

1. That sucks. Never met this before.
   They weren’t transparent with you abt this during the interviews and/or subsequent negotiations? You probably would have asked the hiring manager this right?
2. I am the reversed. We are hybrid but almost no one really go to the office. 😶 sometimes I go to the office for some human interaction.
3. My current BU is 60% WFO and 40% WFH although it is a company guideline, I’ve seen one of our teams fully WFO 5 days a week and I can see the burnout of the team that one of them just quit few days ago.
   Personally I think it is pointless to WFO daily if the same output can be delivered from home as it takes me 1.5 hours to travel to office on top of having to pay for exorbitant yet unhealthy lunch.
   I would very much rather a lower salary role for more flexibility in working arrangements as commute time and energy saved from traveling really adds up.
4. My ceo shouts all modern on Linkedin, lgbtq friendly and work life balance, wfh etc etc but in closeted meetings he is like why isnt that guy physically here
5. It is quietly disappearing. Nearly every senior management is pushing everyone to come to the office every day.
6. Got offer from a company early this year & i was told the arrangement is hybrid- later on found out, it’s subject to approval so mostly wfo. Noped real quick.