Anyone successful in conjuring up an ailment that will grant them WFH status from HR?
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Accommodations at Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo is committed to the health, safety, well-being, and success of its team members with medical conditions and disabilities. Our commitment is to seek successful solutions and reasonable accommodations, helping our team members with disabilities or medical restrictions to successfully perform their jobs.
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there is nothing that's ever permanent in accommodations, even if you think you've been told that these exist, even if you've been told you've been granted one - and here's why -
- you have to prove you have a chronic condition for which WFH is the only is the only accommodation to mitigate the danger to you from that condition.
- AND it would have to be something that your physician says beyond any doubt will never change.... and the people who review that claim for WF agree/don't challenge it.
- then... management assesses whether remote work can be granted without "undue hardship" to the business unit.
The last one is why nothing is permanent. That assessment can be changed at will. Just like how everyone who had a signed remote status agreement had a contract... until the company declared them all null and void.
There Is no legal right to WFH, even if you have a disability under ADA.
If WFH is a dealbreaker for you - this isn't the company for you. Use the accommodation process to buy yourself time but get outta here for your own good.
It is perm if the dr says it is permanent. Some doctors want to reevaluate after a year or whatever and then sign another one. It is up to the doctor’s requirements.
Those of you saying there is no such thing as a permanent exception to RTO due to an accommodation are entirely incorrect. If it's an issue that is expected to run long-term and has been present for a great deal of time, permanent WFH exceptions can and ARE given. If it's deemed to be a condition that will resolve at some point, your doctor fills out the paperwork with a prescribed length of time (less than permanant), OR doesn't fill it out with a prescribed length of time at all, then accommodations will review these exceptions every 6-12 months.
These aren’t permanent … manager here with 30 direct reports, I have a few employees on this and they have to get it reviewed every 6 months.
@1lmv, you are wrong. There are approvals and they are permanent.
WF is opening itself up for a class action lawsuit. I am high risk. They force me to go back into the office. I get COVID. I don't die, but I almost die and now I am far worse than what I was prior to returning to the office.
Think about it. This isn't trivial. This isn't making stuff up just so you don't have to return to the office. This is about life and death.
No such thing as permanent WFH exception either. They'll review every 6-12 months.
I got a doctor’s note and was approved immediately. THat was last week and it is permanent RTO
the accommodation route was very generous in granting accommodations initially when RTO happened last year.
Like everything else around RTO, things have tightened down.
You will have to demonstrate a chronic, significant impairment for which WFH is a reasonable accommodation. things like neck pain or back pain aren't really justification for WFH - they would be justification for an assigned workspace with a sit-stand desk and an ergonomic chair. There aren't a lot of things that meet that criteria.
If you have an "acute" situation (like you broke a leg and it's difficult to commute on crutches), that's not an accommodation - that's something that you work through with your manager.
My neck, my back… you know the rest
PTSD from prior career
Ha ..if you think you can just say the words, you're an id--t. They will require extensive proof from medical professionals.
Go with a back or neck injury. Very hard to disprove.
My dr documented an ailment that went back to the 80s, plus I had a ct scan to prove the active ailment. The dr cited everything in the letters to the company. I did everything I needed to do. I got the exception, but the reason I have to jump through so many hoops for a legitimate exception is because of posts like this. I will do it, but it’s frustrating. These comments have a downstream impact for people like me.
I know someone who has an exception due to severe anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. You don’t want his life, trust me.
Maybe begin to act unstable if not already.
While not currently in active treatment, I have cancer and an autoimmune condition (that does make me susceptible to illnesses easily) and was denied work from home even with two specialist letters so good luck making one up….
IBS.
I hit my 🐱 on the way out of a DEI meeting. Can I work from home? Owww it hurts!
cancer
@lkh+1lkcMMNm More company sponsored info trolls I see.
Just drive in man. The requirements are not 5 days a week. If you find a job more lenient, then you should take it. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see 5 days a week in 2024. Then people will really start to flee.