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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.
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Eh, the other comments are overreacting. If I was vomiting constantly, of course I wouldn't try to work. But if I felt contagious-but-not-really-impaired, just sneezing or whatnot, I don't see any reason personally why sitting (at home) at a computer and watching Netflix is going to help me recover faster than sitting (at home) at a computer and working.
Clarification for the sibling commenters (assuming I understood you right): sitting at a computer _at home_ and working.
Is there a similar generator for excuses to call remote worker to office?
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Eh, the other comments are overreacting. If I was vomiting constantly, of course I wouldn't try to work. But if I felt contagious-but-not-really-impaired, just sneezing or whatnot, I don't see any reason personally why sitting (at home) at a computer and watching Netflix is going to help me recover faster than sitting (at home) at a computer and working.
> But if I felt contagious-but-not-really-impaired, just sneezing or whatnot, I don't see any reason personally why sitting at a computer and watching Netflix is going to help me recover faster than sitting at a computer and working. Cold and flu kill old people. By going into work you are spreading disease to your co-workers, who then spread it to their family, who then risk death because you didn't want to work fro…
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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).
Wasn't working on my iPad, jumped on the laptop now it's toast. It got Hackernews-ed/Slashdot-ed before it had a chance to scale.
"502 Bad Gateway", the perfect excuse!
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.
Same here - in fact, I've had to say this to members of my own team recently. It's strictly forbidden by HR - if you're sick, you take days off until you're better, so you are not putting yourself at risk of getting worse/prolonging the issue by not getting the rest you need. WFH is not there as a handy tool to avoid recording sick leave.
Personally, I don't need excuses, I work from home whenever. It does seem that it is a rare place that treat's its emplpoyees as adults though.
Is there a similar generator for excuses to call remote worker to office?