I Refused to Work From the Office After Being Hired Remotely—My Boss Took It to HR

Don't be that guy

Responsibilities may change, but if you get hired to do something, that's what you plan for. If you are hired to work remotely, you can't expect some to uproot over a weekend for a job, especially if the original job description doesn't say expect this job to change to working in office at any time.

The whole point of working remotely is that you don't need a car for work. If I take a remote job and they change it, I will go find another job and they will have lost a great employee.

You’re the type of manager that gives the rest of us a bad name. The employee should have been given more time before requiring being in the office full time.

Also, if the hiring agreement stated remote, then HR should have been involved and the employee given a chance to agree on this work requirement change or to elect to find another job and a replacement hired.

Knee jerk reactions like this manager did are both rude and inconsiderate. I don’t disagree that the office setup is unprofessional, but the manager set this mess up by not handling things properly.

Well elderly neglect abuse advocate that's why you'll never be a boss

LOL You are hilarious! First if you are hired as a remote employee your contract is exactly that, for remote work! Your pay you negotiate is based on this as you take into account that you do not need to spend money on transportation. If the employer wants to do a change in the jobs demographics then I expect a new contract to be drawn up. I would not expect the same pay. They have to take into account that when hired I was hired it was for a remote position so no new clothing was needed for the office no transportation funds needed so I would not have taken any of those expenses into account when I agreed upon the pay.
I was hired for a position where if I needed to travel they paid mileage and if you were there but no hearings took place you were still paid for at least two hearings. Post Covid close down they decided to redo the pay schedule and do away with the mileage pay and minimum hearing pay, that meant you could drive 180 miles round trip sit for 8 hours and make only $5 if you were lucky. No thank you I will not be returning.

I personally would never hire an a$$ like you and hope your employer screws you bigly!!

Let me ask you this Elderly Neglect Abuse Advocate.
Do you own a vehicle?
Do you live close to your place of employment?
Do you earn decent wages?

I see your name and have to wonder if that is a right name for you
Neglect... management neglected the right of the employee
Abuse.... they abused the power that they have as management.

Anyone with common sense will know that having to commute long distances between home and work eventually wears you down mentally, physically and financially.
Less time to rejuvenate one's body will eventually lead to more sick leave, less productivity, more employee turnover..
Before you engage in verbal diarrhea, you should commute in the other person's shoes...
Then when you get all the facts together, only then you should make an informed statement

And your a abuse advocate I feel sorry for those people you need to be fired cause clearly you don't have any empathy or compassion people hide your elderly from this person

It cost a lot of money for a company to place an ad, interview multiple applicants, run background checks, drug test and train the new employee. We can all see you are commenting way below your pay grade. There are reasons she choose a work from home job. Here in America there's something called negotiating.

Obviously you're a boss and not an employee. You obviously don't support basic worker rights.

No, not all workers are replaceable noT by a long shot ... we can take you down dumbass!!!

Who knows, if one get fired they all walk out. Sounds like management would have took a daring chance. I would have loved to hear something along this line happened. 'workers are essential, management is expandable'.

What an idiotic stance. She should've come to work and quit right then and there. Employers are just as replacable. People like you should never be in charge.

You are correct, the employment contract needs to be reviewed. While looking for a new position, I’ve been told a position was remote to then be told it was hybrid to then be full time in office. It’s really unfortunate that employers dangle remote postings to then bait and switch later, but equally unfortunate job seekers don’t pay attention to the final contract.

Yea, the stunt, will backfire, the first firing of any employee, will be a wake up call, that their job could be next. If you need a remote job, start looking, or have a few lined up for when one job gets terminated.

A lot of things are wrong with going into an office. I waste 2 hours getting ready, to then sit in traffic for an hour to sit in an office for 8 hours to then turn around and drive home in rush hour traffic for an hour all so I can basically eat and go to bed and do it all over again the next day. I could save 4 hours a day if I worked from home. I work IT, I can do my WHOLE job from home. I don’t need to see 1 person to be successful at my job, yet I waste time and energy to go into an office to be uncomfortable and not see anyone.

Just because you can’t work from home doesn’t mean others can’. But sure, put on girl panties and all…

Big girl panties… funny. I waste 4 hours every day just to sit in an office and do my job. A job I can do 100% from home. But sure, let’s waste 2 hours getting ready and an hour commute each way.

Just because you can’t work from home doesn’t mean others can’t. Not everyone wants to waste time or needs to be in an office environment to be productive.

Nobody said being in a office was wrong it's the manner of that change was handled no notice and who are you or anyone to tell this person how to handle it or what bothers them I bet your Karen

She doesn't clarity or show the contract. It could say that they could be required to work in office at any time.

Several companies may discontinue spcific jobs or applications that best suit their company. I am not a company man, though being 59 years of age, ive seen a bit about companys decisions. After the sleepover, the company had the ability to eather talk to the employee, let them go, or let them continue their protest. Eventually every at will employee must realize they are hired at the companies pleasure, and your actions dictate how the company deals with this disruption. At the first termination, the rest of the employees may have a wake up call to this. Expecially if their mortgage relies on the job, and do not have an emergency fund available to get them though to the next employer, as many are living paycheck to paycheck.

No but when you are hired for remote work then that is the job.

From someone who's highly allergic to lavender and other fragrances I'd rather work from home. When you're hired for remote work they should just not automatically tell you to come in next week. I guess that's my woke empathy. You know people being able to pay rent and put food on the table.

If that's what your contract says, it damn sure is a right

Actually if you get hired on as a remote worker, then yes it is. You seem to forget that the hiring process is actually a legally binding contract that can't actually be broken unless the company either renegotiates with you, or takes it to court to have a judge amend it. The reason companies get away with it is because people like you don't understand contract law and don't take it to court. Many people are affraid of getting fired, but again, the company can't fire you without cause so they would have to layoff their remote workers, which they don't want to do because that would mean they would have to pay unemployment insurance. Also, many c executives don't actually know anything about the law or business, and they always make stupid decisions without contacting legal first.

It's a right when it's written up in your contract as a right.

Here is where you are wrong Cathy. This person was hired as a remote worker. I'\nM betting her contract with the company states as a remote worker.

And just sell your little brain can comprehend this. People are more productive when they work remotely than when they go to an office.

As it currently stands there are, unfortunately, no (0) universal rights. Thinking remote work is lazy or easier or whatever is ridiculous and just shows that you refuse to accept the world has always been changing and always will. Bodily presence all together in one building is only more convenient for minimal things, not general work. And for those who we know work better at the office, they can go.

It is if thats what you were hired for.

Remote work if hired as remote is just that so yes it is a right when the hiring company put her as remote

No demanding some1 do the opposite of wut they were hired for isn't right

Being hired for a specific type of job, that you sign a contract for though.