VERY intrusive boss in personal life

dilemma10

EDITED due to danger of giving too much info away!

Proc

If your contract specifically states work from home you need to be firm with your boss. "Look, my contract specifically says I can work from home and I'm going to continue to do so. Please allow me some privacy with regards to my personal affairs as I do not think that they are relevant to my work. You have my word that I will still continue to do the excellent job that I have been doing so far and putting in 100% because I enjoy my job so much. You're the best boss etc".

lucylucky

Your personal life should be no concern of anyone else, unless..... it impacts on your work.

If it is a work from home job what is the reason for being near the "office"?

What is the commuting you mention? That is a personal costs anyway, no matter where you live.

What is the importance of London in this?

KiKi

You're absolutely right. You can live in France, if you like, as long as you can get to work when you're needed to be there, or be at home when you're needed to work there.

I commuted for 11 years from London to the South coast, and was constantly asked "when will you be moving to London?" I politely made it clear that as long as I got to work on time every day, it was none of their business where I lived.

As long as you're abiding by your contract, don't worry. How long have you worked there?

KiKi

steve1980

You need to see it from the employers perspective.

If you're travelling 200 miles a day (100 each way) are you going to be mentally & physically able to do the job?

Is it actually worth your while once you have taken tax, national insurance, travel expenses etc out of the £23k you are earning.

lucylucky

steve1980 wrote: »

You need to see it from the employers perspective.

If you're travelling 200 miles a day (100 each way) are you going to be mentally & physically able to do the job?

Is it actually worth your while once you have taken tax, national insurance, travel expenses etc out of the £23k you are earning.

The commuting appears to be only once a week, not daily.

But as I asked earlier why commute at all for a work at home job?

-BA-

steve1980 wrote: »

You need to see it from the employers perspective.

If you're travelling 200 miles a day (100 each way) are you going to be mentally & physically able to do the job?

Is it actually worth your while once you have taken tax, national insurance, travel expenses etc out of the £23k you are earning.

She works from home and is required to make a journey to the office once per week...

KiKi

steve1980 wrote: »

You need to see it from the employers perspective.

If you're travelling 200 miles a day (100 each way) are you going to be mentally & physically able to do the job?

Is it actually worth your while once you have taken tax, national insurance, travel expenses etc out of the £23k you are earning.

You didn't read her post carefully. She works from home, but commutes once a week. So it doesn't matter.

But even then, it's not up to the employer to decide in advance that she won't be mentally capable of doing the job. IF her performance deteriorated then that's different. But he can't decide that before the event, and it's not up to him to determine what she can afford.

200 miles a day isn't that much by train. It's an hour and ten minute journey for some, each way. Plenty of people do that every single day.

The point is that *until* it impacts on her work, the employer can't demand her to live in a particular place. Nor is it professional for them to make 'emotional appeals' that she needs to work hard to get herself through a difficult personal time!

KiKi

stuart30

KiKi wrote: »

You're absolutely right. You can live in France, if you like, as long as you can get to work when you're needed to be there, or be at home when you're needed to work there.

I commuted for 11 years from London to the South coast, and was constantly asked "when will you be moving to London?" I politely made it clear that as long as I got to work on time every day, it was none of their business where I lived.

As long as you're abiding by your contract, don't worry. How long have you worked there?

KiKi

If you commuted from london..why did people ask when your moving too london..:p

dilemma10 can i ask what the job is..sounds well paid for Home working.:j

dilemma10

Hi there,
I should have clarified further but am not thinking straight. I have to commute as and when I need to, so for example this week I am in London for three meetings on Thursday, next week all day on Wednesday and the week after that I am out to London for two nights in a row. So it is not ideal.
The problem is my work pay all of my travel expenses - I used to work in South East London and sometimes I would travel to Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester (anywhere) and they would pay for that. Now they see it as I may not attend evening functions like I did before because they would need to book me a hotel (I am sure they would not), and they seem to think they will be paying more expenses.
The thing is, I am sure they won't and another member of staff lives in Reading and they pay her expenses up to about £400 a month!
Perhaps the issue is that I have split up with a long term partner and moved back to my parents and they think I may quit my job too so are piling on pressure.
There is no office space - I find it all bizarre. The member of staff said today the CEO is going to ask the Chair and he may not like it that I have gone 100 miles away, that policy work needs me to be in London, that insurance purposes are now confusing, that contractually things need to change (talk about blowing things up!).

Am I protected for this? Do they have the right to sack me? I have been working for them for almost a year come May 24th. My contract is for 3 months notice period.

I could do without the stress I have reassured them I will work so hard as I usually do whether I'm in Timbuktu or London!

KiKi

stuart30 wrote: »

If you commuted from london..why did people ask when your moving too london..:p

D'oh! I meant to London from the South Coast!