A netizen recently pointed out that getting a hybrid job might not be the best as the company can take advantage of the employee by telling them to work from home even after office hours.
Here is the story:
I’ll keep it short. I just quit on my third day at this new job.
When I applied they told me they had a “hybrid” work environment where I’d be able to work remotely as well as from the office.
I guess I was still in orientation but an hour ago I was transferred from an HR person to the guy who would have been my manager. I asked about setting up the hybrid schedule (I was thinking WFH remote) and he told me “it’s hybrid as in you can work from home after five” I was floored. The working hours are 8-5. I just laughed and said, “I’m out”.
How can they treat people like this. Even if they are complete sociopaths, it’s gotta be bad business to waste so much time.
A netizen with similar experiences
My boss tell me “You save the 1 hour commute time, can work abit more from home”.
I told him “Hi boss, are you paying me 1 hour extra a day” He then diam diam but keep pressuring us to do work after 6pm.
Responses
- Many companies understand there’s often a huge barrier to getting hired and it grinds people down over time. Once they have a ‘foot in the door’ so to speak and you’re already working there, it can seem like a huge loss to just walk away and start the search over again.
- It may just be a bad manager who didn’t care that the company officially offers WFH. One of the rare cases I would’ve talked to HR, especially if they cared to ask for an exit review.
- The recruitment team has quotas to make and often gets commision for bringing people in, theyll use whatever they can as a selling point. Then the manager thinks they look better to their boss if their whole team is in the office, so regardless of the company policy on remote work they tell people they need to be there. Thats the problem.