Colleagues ignored WFH advice now stranded in heatwave - karma.

[Loveaghost]

I work in a big office in central London. Everyone lives in lots of different places obviously, but almost everyone is a significant train/ tube ride away.

Due to the heatwave our work told us to WFH where possible. But my most senior manager loves a bit of presenteeism. Hence a number of people (ie all the suck arses) came in. And, then proceeded to post/ message incessantly on internal comms demonstrating that they were in the office. Highly tiresome presenteeism considering ALL our calls were moved to Teams on our clients’ insistence.

Fast forward a few hours and ALL the tubes are fucked. As are almost all the trains. No-one can get home and they’re panicking at facing down 2-3hr bus journeys in 39 degree heat.

Serves them right for travelling against the advice of the health agency, government, TFL and the company. There was a do not travel unless essential instruction.

Of course, senior boss is alright. He got a company cab home…

Oh come on. OP started with a downright nasty OP.

I mean yes it's a stupid decision they made but really this is the result of a toxic culture created by the senior management who left people feeling they needed to do this.

I think it was all meant to be a tongue in cheek comment about the office wankers (every office has them) getting their comeuppance. For some reason people went a bit nuts about it. I put it down to the mad blood stirring in the heatwave. Makes people irrationally angry.

It was nasty. Tongue in cheek suggests something far more benign.

Are you an MP by any chance?
Sounds like the level of professionalism we have in the house of commons at the moment. No one who appears to be doing any work just backstabbing and slagging off their colleagues.

Was about to comment that OP seems a lovely, supportive and compassionate workmate. Her team must feel so blessed to have her.

This thread is full of workaholic suckasses.

ODHSNM. Enjoy the moment.

And then comes "I was just obeying orders".

The OP sounds quite delusional.

It must be the heat. She would be well advised to check the 'air con' in her 'spacious house'.

Isn't it just awful what a 'senior director in a professional role' in 'quite an affluent industry' must endure these days?

What a load of old twaddle

Reasons people went in today that weren’t performative: their partner works shifts and they live in a one bedroom house, they live in a share house, they have mental health issues and are better getting out the house, they live in a rental that is hideously hot, they have meetings that are better in person, etc etc You sound quite one dimensional and lacking in understanding of managing teams

It’s been well worth the travel to go into the office this week. After a horrible night, I totally forgot we were in a heatwave for 8 luxurious hours! Same again tomorrow. I’ll take a few delays.

You come across as really juvenile in the way you speak about being 'stuck up' 'suck arses' and 'hating on'.

Some lines have air-con - I, personally, was far more comfortable in the freezing cold office today than I would have been at home (had I been given the choice) and London didn't feel that hot. It certainly wasn't the 37° as originally forecast.

The travel sitation was unfortunate, but any old excuse for TFL.

And some of the reasons for those delays had nothing to do with the heat - Liz line delays, for example, was the Heathrow end and due to flooding from the torrential rain om Monday night - most of the line was fine!

Why are all the trains delayed?

Speaking as a non-Londoner, are the trains or tubes back to normal now?

Fast forward a few hours and ALL the tubes are fucked.

no they're not.

They have been all evening.
Delays in the tube are usually measured in minutes.

I wouldn’t dream of assuming this about my colleagues if they came in? And with a boss like that I wouldn’t blame people either. This doesn’t seem very nice at all.

I went into work even though we were told we could WFH because my sister is staying with me for the month (she is visiting from overseas), and she is working at my kitchen table - the only table I have in my small flat.

We both have meetings, so can't share the table. My other option is to sit in my boiling hot bed in the dark because I can't open the curtains.

So yeah, I went into work. Nothing to do with 'sucking arse'

All alone no doubt

Minutes? I don’t think so! Yesterday it was hours of delay, from morning until late evening.

You have established the firm the op works at from the fact there’s a hierarchical system @WutheringTights ?

Does the OP not strike you as a teeny tiny bit “spiteful” @KaleQueen ?