• @bulwark
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    3714 months ago

    The policy is you can only work from home when it benefits the company, not you.

    • @[email protected]
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      1224 months ago

      I’m learning that the hard way. Started working for this company 2 hours from home,because I could WFH 3 days a week. Now they want me to come in 4 days a week. So I’m looking for a new job now. Which is a shame, because I do like the job.

      • Chris
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        1254 months ago

        What does your contract say? With this back to work bullshit I made sure my contract explicitly said I was remote.

        Doesn’t mean they won’t change their mind but maybe I’ll get severance instead of fired for cause of they have a back to the office push.

        • thermal_shock
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          most hires don’t get contracts

          edit: in USA. we get offer letters, take it or leave it. your job duties can change on the fly, no “contract” to abide by. do the job or leave/get fired. there is some negotiating room, but not a lot

              • @[email protected]
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                254 months ago

                Land of the free and all that. Free from paid healthcare, a decent public education, a strong voice in government, an impartial justice system, employee rights… With all this freedom, it’s hard to imagine wanting to be anywhere else.

              • @datelmd5sum
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                104 months ago

                So if the employer suddenly decides to e.g. start paying you less, how do you prove how much your pay should be?

                • @[email protected]
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                  84 months ago

                  Previous pay stubs I suppose. Depending on the employer you may have something in writing. This typically wouldn’t be contract if you’re an employee without a union.

                • @[email protected]
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                  64 months ago

                  Someone does some digging and figures it out, and maybe five or so years later you get a check in the mail for an amount the lawyers agreed was correct.

                • Chris
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                  14 months ago

                  There is nearly always a contract and the business will submit tax paperwork with your compensation to the IRS.

                  Under the table workers are illegal and on their own

                  • thermal_shock
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                    14 months ago

                    still not a contract, that’s just taxes.

              • Chris
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                24 months ago

                I’m an American and I’ve always had a contract. Even in retail. Of course the contracts are all bullshit and just a waiver of my rights.

                • thermal_shock
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                  14 months ago

                  an employment offer letter is not a contract.

                • @RupeThereItIs
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                  34 months ago

                  My dude, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. That’s me in fact.

                  Even if I had a contract it wouldn’t matter as I live in a right to work state, they can fire me at any point without warning or cause.

                  Having any real employment contract is NOT the norm here.

                  Non office jobs are more likely to be unionized and this have a contract than office jobs.

                  That’s the type of thing non W2 self employed contractors or union members might have to lean back on, not rank and file full time office employees.