Some realities are hard to digest and difficult to change but it is what it is.

This worker shares how she wasn’t allowed work from home on sick days but her management was.

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Work from home and sick days

At my job, management gets two WFH days a week, assistants get one, and everyone else is expected to be in the office all week.

This is where everything started crumbling…

My officemate had a doctor’s appointment that got moved earlier. She called our manager to ask if she could work through lunch and leave an hour early.

The appointment got bumped from 5:30 to 4:00.

UH OH…

Our manager snapped at her and said she should have taken a sick day because “she knew what her appointment date was,” and that being gone for an hour would be a problem “if it gets busy.”

My officemate worked through lunch and left an hour early anyway, since the manager was working from home.

Meanwhile, our manager’s WFH days are Monday and Friday, and since the start of the month we’ve been getting emails like:

That’s so unprofessional!

“Hey team, I’m working from home today but I’ll be offline for lunch at noon, and then I’ll be out for two hours for an appointment. I trust you all to handle things until I’m back online.”

I just don’t understand how the work from home schedule is supposed to work.

GEEZ! That sounds a bit frustrating!

Why would the management not be slightly flexible for their employees?

Let’s find out if people on Reddit think otherwise.

This user misses the old times!

This user knows a manager will never care enough!

That’s right! This user knows who the rules apply to.

Only if this user knew the rules better!

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