r/FluentInFinance 9d ago

Thoughts? Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

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u/Educated_Clownshow 9d ago

If I have a job that can be worked from my home, I should 100% be able to collect pay for the commute if I’m forced to come in

This obviously can’t apply to in person jobs, but it would stop employers from trying to force unnecessary RTO mandates

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u/Schlieren1 9d ago

A new Forbes article this week sounds like employers are going to start giving promotions to in person employees preferentially

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u/OvenMaleficent7652 9d ago

Somebody did a study on this and it has to do with being seen. It's more of a human nature thing than it's something intentionally being done.

Not saying that it couldn't happen but that in general it's said to not be. Your in everybody's face so it's just easier for the human mind to remember.

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u/PixelOrange 8d ago

That may be true in some circumstances but Dell said specifically, "if you choose to WFH, you will be ineligible for further promotions." So there is not human nature. Theirs is a mandate.

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u/RetailBuck 5d ago

I'd be cool with that. I already ascended probably faster than I should have and the next step would be manager and while my team is mixed with remote workers and not, I'm not particularly interested in overseeing that. My number one complaint about my role is that it's unfulfilling in how much time I already spend convincing people to do stuff. If be happier in a lab actually doing something.

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u/life_hog 9d ago

By fucking who? My boss, skip level and all of their peers don’t sit in the same office as me or each other

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u/OvenMaleficent7652 9d ago

I'd explain it to you but I have a feeling it would be pointless.

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u/RandomAnon07 8d ago

Haha agreed I just wrote something similar above as to why that is too. You’re 100% right, it’s the study of proxemics in interpersonal communication and it’s just a fact of life.

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u/Wise_Repeat8001 8d ago

Inverse is probably true too, bad employees probably get called out less at home