Is it impossible now to work remotely for Fidelity? I’ve heard them deny in office exemptions for people with extreme medical conditions but approve others for doctor notes claiming “anxiety”.
Does every request hinge on a random HR person and how they woke up that day to decide your RTO fate?
@jk I think you're missing the point, lord airquotes. People WANT to work, but are better able to do so under certain conditions so they're not complete zombies when they're not working. It's simple, really - you will know them by their fruits. Should someone's performance suffer working from home vs in the office, reevaluate their ability to do so. Should someone's performance suffer due to being in office, allow them to work in a way that lets them thrive. Nobody is asking for a handout, just a hand up. Unfortunately for you, those who have such a severely myopic view of these things are always the ones crying foul when "being discriminated against for being a straight, white, christian male" so we'll all wait in anticipation for you to get passed up on a promo or bonus again, by a more qualified person who happens to be neurodivergent :-)
Ah, the 'everyone gets a trophy' generation is all grown up now and claiming anxiety because that's the only way they can get an exemption from going to work. Priceless. We're doomed as a society.
@jb Maybe it wasn't rapid fire response. We don't expect you to realize this, since your view on things is a bit outdated as is but maybe consider that your opinion is unpopular enough to warrant separate individuals responses? I know I posted one, and saw that others had done likewise, so maybe factor that into your persecution complex equation.
@jb it obviously does make a difference to you since you keep using " " almost like you believe that mental health conditions are akin to Santa or the Easter Bunny and their existence is up for debate. Whether or not I personally have or am applying for an exemption is all beside the point, since my original response to you was calling out your $h*tty attitude and ableist viewpoints, and all you've done since then is prove me right, so thank you!
@j2 It makes no difference to me. I actually encouraged you to submit a disability request and see what happens because clearly you would like to leverage your 'anxiety' to avoid going into the office. That much is obvious. You won't likely be successful... probably why you won't even go there.
And you're the one with something in their craw manifested by the rapid fire posts you have on this topic. I really struck a nerve. ;-)
@he What literal difference does it make in YOUR life if someone has an ADA accommodation to work from home? You claim to have a strong work ethic and personal constitution, so this type of thing should just roll off your back, but apparently it's stuck in your craw for one reason or another. Maybe you could use some therapy and self reflection yourself to get to the bottom of why you're so intent on making other peoples lives more difficult, when what they're asking for has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on yours.
@he a lot more people died of black lung as well as accidents while in mining jobs before workplace advances too, so in your opinion, should we just undo those and make the miners "sink or swim"?
@he in my grandparents generation they didn't have computers so everything was done by hand and stored via physical copy. So by your logic, changes in scope and innovations, along with people's needs ought not be used or considered because "tHatS tHe wAy iT's aLwAYs bEeN"
@he Is this just anecdotal or do you have a metric. Did you also walk to school up hill both ways in the snow.
@hc In my generation you didn't have such a thing as anxiety as a disability. It was sink or swim. Deal with your issues and challenges. Period. This kind of thing may seem heartless to some but it did make people emotionally stronger.
About 30-35 years ago, things started to change and now you have support dogs, safe spaces, etc.
For an RTO exemption, Fidelity could provide an 'accommodation' and be compliant with ADA and the person would still have to drag his/her butt into work every day.
@fb blame the charlatans. I see so many people claim anxiety just so they can get a support dog to take to places where dogs aren't allowed...or to breweries. It's the type of 'disability' that people claim they have when they really don't. Blame those people for why anxiety is shunned upon. I've seen this way too often.
@f7 honest question - why are you so dismissive of peoples struggles with mental health?
@f0 Yeah... right. Translation: You know you'd have a better chance of bedding Sidney Sweeney, Margot Robbie and Ana de Armas all in the same night than getting an RTO exemption for your so-called anxiety disability.
@ez I never said I was seeking an RTO exemption. I just have zero tolerance for exclusionary rhetoric, so I called it out.
@ex Have you submitted your disability request for an RTO exemption yet?
@cv sounds like you're fortunate enough to have never struggled with your own mental health. Glad you feel so emboldened to make such edgy comments at the expense of a protected disabled class. Hopefully you're bold enough to slip up one day when you're not in an anonymous setting and it costs you your job and/or a couple of teeth.
is anxiety the condition you get when you don't want to go to work.
I wfh 100% with their blessing... for now due to my schedule being more than 50% outside normal business hours. I know my days are numbered though.
We get mid day mindfulness emails...what more do you people want?
@ae As for the anxiety queen, why don't you just submit your request and then come back here later and let us know if you were successful or not.
@ac I am here because I have a vested interest in the outcome of something involving Fidelity. So stick it.
@aa you're hardly telling it like it is when you minimize the impact that poor mental health has on people. And yet every time someone loses their battle with said condition, the responses from people are always "we never knew they were suffering" or "s/he seemed so happy" and its because of the ignorance in the original post alluding to, and outright saying, that "anxiety" isn't a serious or detrimental health condition.
@a4 Why are you on a Fidelity page if you’re not an associate? Stay off our lawn!
@OP These corpos really want a cheek in the seat don't they? Can't micromanage you if you're not in office.
@a8 Dude, I'm just telling it like it is. Submit the paperwork and roll the dice but it's no easy task. It's that simple.
As someone who suffers from "anxiety" I'll trade you: you take my "anxiety" from me and I'll go into the office full time for you, and we'll see how long it takes you to come crawling back begging for a refund and apologizing for ever considering that a mental health diagnosis isn't an extreme condition.
@OP I don't know which toadies you have been speaking with in your company but I work for Corporate America (not Fidelity) and we were where you are back in 2023.
To get a disability exemption is no easy task. We have disability people on staff (I'm sure you do, too) and you need to submit a request and then you... and your doctor especially... must go through a LOT of back and forth, lots of paperwork. Everything must be compliant with ADA and ultimately they have the final say based on the evidence. I don't know many doctors who would put their a-s on the line just to save you a trip into the office.
It requires a lot of proof, documentation and substantiation. You just can't have your doctor write a note saying you have anxiety and suddenly you are exempt. To put it in Biblical terms, it's one of those 'camel going through the eye of a needle' kind of things.