For the past year and a half at my company, I have had to go in 4 days a week, and I’ve had the option to WFH on Fridays. I live 10 minutes from the office, so it is what it is, but these virtual Fridays really mean something to me. It’s one day of the week where I get to sleep in, make my coffee at home, relax and work in the comfort of my own room. I have therapy at 11AM every Friday as well, so it has been huge for that, as well as for making any medical appointments that I need to.
Additionally, I play in an intramural volleyball league every Thursday night. I specially chose Thursday because of the WFH the next day, knowing that I could play in late games and have a couple of drinks if the team went out after the games without worrying about having to get up at 6:30 the next morning just to get a parking spot at the office (it’s a building of 3k and the lot fills up by 8AM).
This week, all managers received a message that managers and higher must go in to the office every day beginning next week. They will no longer be able to WFH on Fridays. As of now, I still can, but my manager said that she expects the rest of us will also have to report 5 days a week beginning after the new year, and that these virtual Fridays will be over. My jaw dropped when I heard this news. I really can’t believe it. This change will not add so much time to my day since I live close to the office, but it still sucks, and I have been upset and anxious about it to the point of having stomach issues. I will now lose that day on Fridays of just being at home, which was so good for my mental health. For my therapy appointment, I will need to book a conference room in the office (which is nearly impossible due to the sheer amount of people there) or go out to my car in the winter weather.
I also live close by now, but I want to buy a condo where I’m from, which is about an hour north of the office, in the next couple of years. This will really hurt my opportunities to do that. I’m also tired of hearing my friends say “what’s one more day?” Or “you live right there!”
I plan to casually browse and apply to jobs that are hybrid or remote, but I don’t even know if this is worth it. I do love the team I work with, and everything else besides the soon-to-be 5 days and the low salary is great. And it seems like so many companies are doing a full RTO. So I wouldn’t want to leave for somewhere that is hybrid at first, because what if they do the same thing? Then I’d be stuck with the same 5 days a week in office, except with potentially a worse team and a worse commute.
This news is still sinking in, and I am kind of sick over the fact that today might be one of my last Fridays to get to WFH. This edict, assuming it happens for me as well, is coming from the CEO, and there’s nothing my manager can do to keep the Fridays at home for my team. She is rolling over and complying, and I really can’t even blame her. I feel for the people who live an hour or more away, who will now have to do that long commute an extra day.
It would have cost the CEO nothing to let his employees keep the one precious WFH day they had. My morale has really gone down, and if my direct boss weren’t so great i would really be on my way out. Thoughts on this?
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