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To be unhappy with this hybrid work policy?

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HybridWorker · 01/12/2024 15:25

Office has started enforcing 2 days a week in office. Fine.

The part I'm unhappy about is what happens if a company holiday or sick day, etc falls on on of your usual in-office days. You're supposed to make it up by coming in a different day of the week. They say that's "fair and flexible". The trouble is, my wraparound childcare that enables my commute is definitely not "fair and flexible" in the same way. With my childcare, I'm signed up for Thursdays and Fridays as a permanent arrangement, and that's just the way it is.

I will find a way to work around it. I'm just unhappy that it seems like unneeded stress. I think some other workplaces don't make you make up days off that are out of the office, but I'm not sure.

YABU = That's fair, you should just go into the office a different day and/or my work makes us do this.

YANBU = That's not nice, and/or my work doesn't make us do this.

OP posts:
user1471538283 · 01/12/2024 15:45

Ours averages out over the month but I still find it odd because prior to COVID my team went in one day a week to connect, discuss issues, caseloads, really productive things. Now I go in to work 3 days and listen to others talk about the traffic. Our meetings are usually online so I sit there with headphones on.

sharpclawedkitten · 01/12/2024 15:40

OttersAreMySpiritAnimal · 01/12/2024 15:31

Depends on what your contract says.

If this was me and assuming the company holiday or sick days are few and far between, I'd probably make an effort for about half of them and skip half without mentioning it and see if the manager raises it.

My firm wouldn't do this, but I also know they are looking at who doesn't come into the office to see if their jobs can be outsourced to India.

Oh the old "outsource to India" chestnut. Companies have been there, done that, and brought the jobs back to Blighty or nearshored them like opening offices in Belfast.

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HybridWorker · 01/12/2024 15:40

skippy67 · 01/12/2024 15:28

Our place has a policy 60% of working days in office. It doesn't matter which days of the week, and is averaged out over the month. We have an online attendance tool to monitor this. Sounds a bit much, but actually works really well.

Yes, ours turns out to be 40% of days per week, but it's not averaged out. So, if you are working 1 or 2 days in a week, 1 needs to be in office. Or if you are working 3-5 days in the week, 2 need to be in office.

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sharpclawedkitten · 01/12/2024 15:39

Are they monitoring that carefully? DH is meant to be in the office 3 days a week. From what I can gather, he's about the only one who is!

Wakeywake · 01/12/2024 15:37

We do 1 day a week in the office, doesn't matter when. By agreement with the team we are all in on Wednesday, but if I can't make it on Wednesday I've got to come in on a different day. I can see why it's problematic when you've got childcare to consider.

OttersAreMySpiritAnimal · 01/12/2024 15:31

Depends on what your contract says.

If this was me and assuming the company holiday or sick days are few and far between, I'd probably make an effort for about half of them and skip half without mentioning it and see if the manager raises it.

My firm wouldn't do this, but I also know they are looking at who doesn't come into the office to see if their jobs can be outsourced to India.

skippy67 · 01/12/2024 15:28

Our place has a policy 60% of working days in office. It doesn't matter which days of the week, and is averaged out over the month. We have an online attendance tool to monitor this. Sounds a bit much, but actually works really well.

Tuhlula · 01/12/2024 15:27

Have you spoken to them about it and explained your situation? I would expect there to be some wiggle room for situations like yours. You're clearly not taking the pisss...as I imagine some people might, which the rule is there for.

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