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ScorpiondeRooftrouser

ohreally wrote: »

Bring it on.

The ability he had to work from home was before he purchased cheaper home insurance as a better fit was no longer required due to the employers refusal to implement the home working request.

Can I just ask, do you have a job?

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

cjohnson355 wrote: »

Right! So why does a company have a right to make you do something that was not in you contract when you took on the role? They have made it perfectly clear they do not want me working from home but suddenly today it's justified. I'm not being awkward for the sake of being awkward (typical managerial bullying tactics) I just don't get why one day it's ok and another it's not.

Do you not get that they are asking you to work during your contracted hours of work, because it is possible. Why on earth do you think this is in any way unreasonable?

Is it just because other people who can't work at home get to do nothing?

hcb42

I have had the ability to work from home for five years - no one from the company has ever inspected my desk and chair, (although they do provide the usual guidance on workstations) a few hours on a snow day isnt going to cause an insurance problem

parking_question_chap

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

Is it really worth being an awkward so and so?

This

You applied for a job because you wanted to work for them.

Get on with it and stop being petty.

Barny1979

hcb42 wrote: »

I have had the ability to work from home for five years - no one from the company has ever inspected my desk and chair, (although they do provide the usual guidance on workstations) a few hours on a snow day isnt going to cause an insurance problem

Exactly, home workers I would expect have to undertake their own DSE assessments, I know we do.

cjmillsnun

So instead of using this as an opportunity to show how well you can work from home, and perhaps because of that getting them to allow you to WFH more often, you turn it on its head and be awkward for no good reason. I am all for digging your heels in when a company is being unreasonable for no good reason, however in this case it was a decision based on safety and common sense.

Most contracts have a clause in them to allow non contractural work in exceptional circumstances to meet company needs.

moneyistooshorttomention

But you apparently want to work from home.

Why shoot yourself in the foot by refusing to do so when you get the chance?

sillyvixen

This is a conduct issue as you wil,l no doubt, have admitted in your home working request your ability to work from home. Your refusal to do so before leaving work will go against you. If you had returned home and found you had a power cut or the internet was down due to inclement weather you would at least been able to argue you were unable to work due to issues beyond your control (capability). But you have shot yourself I the foot!

getmore4less

They should not have needed to ask.

Default for those that have the capability to do work from home is they go home and just do it.

If i have to ask I have the wrong type of people working for me.

Would not bother with a disciplinary, why as a manager would I create work for myself.

Card marked.

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cjohnson355 wrote: »

Hi,
Sorry another snow question for you all. I have the ability to work from home but was refused to work permanently from home to which I appealed but didn't win it. This afternoon I was asked to vacate the building as the site was closing down due to the weather and they asked me to work from home. I asked to stay on site and finish my shift but was told I couldn't. I refused to work from home but am I within my rights to do this?

Well are you a Manager? That's all who were ever allowed to work from home in the recent trouble with my current company.

Got to love the along side assumption your home is PCI and DPA compliant!? Who exactly wants their data going out of a controlled environment. :cool: