I can’t do 8 hours in the office starting next year. Will I be fired?
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@d6 that agreement you signed also had a clause saying that it could be revoked at any time unilaterally, for any reason or no reason at all.
You didn’t say what is changing for you next year? Im assuming more scheduling, daycare, school, personal issues etc since you say you can’t do 8 hours, not come in at all. If that is the case then expect to be let go because you can’t work the job requirements you agreed to. If it is medical you’d have to file for a medical accommodation & those are hard to get anymore.
Posts like this are why layoffs need to aggressively accelerate
Human resources has changed their approach this year to reviewing and approving medical accommodations. If the doctor says you have "X" issue and therefore it's recommended that you work remotely. HR is looking closely at that specific issue and attempting to find any and all accommodations without having to approve work from home status. They have taken the position that working from home should be the absolute last resort and they will do anything up to that point if they can to accommodate you. So your doctor's position that working from home is the accommodation you need may not be the accommodation that you are offered to address the underlying health condition.
If you don’t do 8 hours, you will be an easy target by your manager because of the bell curve ratings they are most likely required to follow. Especially if your team has mostly strong performers. This is low hanging fruit and you will stick out as a target.
I was fully remote before COVID, as were tens of thousands of others.
Literally the only reason they want you in the office is to prepare to get rid of you. You think Shart wants you in one of his buildings? He really doesn't. 0 days, 0 hrs per day. That's your future WF schedule.
@c5 the person who posted this does not work at WF lol. Or they are bad at sarcasm
@c6 Thousands of us had signed full time telecommute agreements prior to COVID dude. Agreements that were quietly and unilaterally invalidated in early 2022. Even if you didn't have a formal agreement, working from home occasionally when you needed to was totally the norm, as was flexing your time to deal with appointments and school pickups instead of having to meet a rigid 8 hours/day threshold. This place used to respect their worker's personal judgement and treat people like grownups.
Don’t compare working in the office to before Covid because the parameters are not the same. Do you also spend time comparing apples to oranges?
Honest question, what are people actually getting approved for when it comes to accommodations?? I ask because I work in a department where we get feedback from the entire company and there has been a good bit of feedback about how horrific the accommodation process is with MetLife. It honestly seems like MetLife and WF have teamed up to make the process as difficult and miserable as possible for their employees.
Stop your bellyaching about I can’t work 8 hours in the office. You made poor decisions during COVID and afterwards . You worked 8 hours or more a day in the office before COVID so get over your entitled self and woe is me.
@OP
No.
The are accommodating people who cannot work the prescribed days in the office now.
First start the convo with your manager so they are aware so they can make arrangements to get the ball rolling on your behalf.
They will grant you an exception if you need one. No problem. After that, it should be smooth sailing for you to work from home for as long as you like.
Did you really ask this question? Yes. Start looking for another job.
If you cant work the hours your employer requires you can either quit or get fired. And thats how it is for every business in existence. Sure you can make up some BS reason about how you are special from everyone else and should get to sit on your couch instead of come to work every day but your fellow employees lying about their made up issues constantly in the past have rendered this strategy ineffective for everyone else.
@a3 this is very true!! I heard many cases like this.
If you want to know if you are on the list or not, try to apply for accommodation. If you are looking forward to the severance package, try to apply for accommodation.
Hopefully
Get an accommodation for a reduced in office schedule
Yes.
Apply for accommodation which will likely be rejected and then you get IM then another IM then out, that’s if you don’t get laid off, document then sue.
Yes