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Re: Reasons to work from home

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Post by lucasnemeth »

jacalata wrote: post #8
patatino wrote: post #5

Sick, seriously? If I would call my boss and tell him I'm working from home because I'm sick he would say no you don't.

Your boss is stupid. Does he want you to come in and cough your filthy germs into the rest of the office, or to take the day off entirely? There are plenty of states of "sick" where I'm not going to the office (contagious, constant need for the bathroom, headache exacerbated by fluorescent lights) but could get most or even all of a regular days work done at home.

There are legislations about sick leave in a lot of countries.

Re: Reasons to work from home

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Post by AgentIcarus »

jacalata wrote: post #8
patatino wrote: post #5

Sick, seriously? If I would call my boss and tell him I'm working from home because I'm sick he would say no you don't.

Your boss is stupid. Does he want you to come in and cough your filthy germs into the rest of the office, or to take the day off entirely? There are plenty of states of "sick" where I'm not going to the office (contagious, constant need for the bathroom, headache exacerbated by fluorescent lights) but could get most or even all of a regular days work done at home.

I think patatino's point was that his boss would say "You're not working" not "You're not taking time off to be sick"

Re: Reasons to work from home

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Post by hav »

jacalata wrote: post #8
patatino wrote: post #5

Sick, seriously? If I would call my boss and tell him I'm working from home because I'm sick he would say no you don't.

Your boss is stupid. Does he want you to come in and cough your filthy germs into the rest of the office, or to take the day off entirely? There are plenty of states of "sick" where I'm not going to the office (contagious, constant need for the bathroom, headache exacerbated by fluorescent lights) but could get most or even all of a regular days work done at home.

I think the point is that if you're going to be sick, you should be sick and not shouldn't work at all. Not that you have to come to the office and work rather than work from home.

Re: Reasons to work from home

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Post by ceronman » 

    I need to concentrate and can get work done without the distractions
I'm surprised that this one has so many down votes. I use it frequently and for me is one of the best reasons for WFH.

Re: Reasons to work from home

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Post by binocarlos »

jacalata wrote: post #8
patatino wrote: post #5

Sick, seriously? If I would call my boss and tell him I'm working from home because I'm sick he would say no you don't.

Your boss is stupid. Does he want you to come in and cough your filthy germs into the rest of the office, or to take the day off entirely? There are plenty of states of "sick" where I'm not going to the office (contagious, constant need for the bathroom, headache exacerbated by fluorescent lights) but could get most or even all of a regular days work done at home.

I think they might have meant "don't work - just rest and get better"

Re: Reasons to work from home

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Post by philbarr »

scotty79 wrote: post #2

Is there a similar generator for excuses to call remote worker to office?

"Everything has gone to hell and we're panicking and need to feel like we're doing something so we're calling all of our remote workers in and wasting lots of time in the process."

That's the usual reason for me having to go to the office.

Re: Reasons to work from home

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Post by __chrismc »

jacalata wrote: post #8
patatino wrote: post #5

Sick, seriously? If I would call my boss and tell him I'm working from home because I'm sick he would say no you don't.

Your boss is stupid. Does he want you to come in and cough your filthy germs into the rest of the office, or to take the day off entirely? There are plenty of states of "sick" where I'm not going to the office (contagious, constant need for the bathroom, headache exacerbated by fluorescent lights) but could get most or even all of a regular days work done at home.

No, his boss isn't stupid, he's exercising the "duty of care" part of being a decent boss. If you're sick, you should stay home and recover, whether you think you can be as productive or not (from personal experience of breaking this rule - you probably won't be).

Re: Reasons to work from home

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Post by Kiro »

ceronman wrote: post #14

I need to concentrate and can get work done without the distractions I'm surprised that this one has so many down votes. I use it frequently and for me is one of the best reasons for WFH.

I think it's broken and shows that one for everyone in a repeating loop resulting in people furiously downvoting it. That's what's happening for me at least.
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