My manager is making me come in the office 4days a week

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Since beginning of my role (which was coming out of covid), I've been hybrid working 3days in the office and 2days wfh. I had my own office but had to give it up for other staff that were in full time. Manger agreed for me to wfh and come in once a week - worked perfect!

In my recent supervision manager said he wants me in 4days a week "business need" and that there will be a room available to share with a couple of other staff. I've gone in and that room isn't set up, currently its dusty with extra office furniture/ equipment, basically being used storage room for now. I made a point to my manager and said could I continue wfh until the room is sorted, he refused and said to set up in that room somewhere in the corner for now.

AIBU here thinking I am within my right to refuse to be there until I have a proper work station set up, as required for my role? Not to mention sitting in an empty room for 8 hours with no interaction effects my mental wellbeing

As someone else pointed out, the room is being set up to include others so OP won’t be on her own in due course. And she might even come to like interacting with others who aren’t just her husband, even if they aren’t part of her team ( since she has a unique role). It might be even good for us….

Does not change what that poster said. I did that with an old job once. I used to do all the hours they wanted me to (till 9, 10 and even 11pm and sometimes weekends) but would come in 5-10 mins late each day. They had an issue with that as it was not my “contracted hours” so I said “cool.”

I started doing my “contracted hours”. 9-5pm each day. They cannot force you to do unpaid overtime and if they won’t give her flexibility she should not give them any.

Why is it my responsibility to spend my money keeping those entities in business though it makes my laugh harder?

Calm down, it’s not a race to the bottom 🙄. Also what’s the point of referencing front line public services? Most adults are aware of which jobs are compatible and which aren’t with wfh which is part of the reason why people choose the jobs they do. It’s not unreasonable for OP to ask her Qs.

Either they own one of those businesses or they're your typical contrary MN poster.

99% of the time on MN you'll be accused of being a ridiculous, lazy spendthrift buying anything that you could make at home. Buying into consumerism and damaging the planet or whatever.

Apart from the one occasion here where they want to tell you not buying a £4 coffee or £6 sandwich is you being selfish and not caring about the British economy and throwing It's workers under the bus 😀

Usually it's more sneering at people for spending a few quid for coffee pods at home being frivolous when you could just not and buy a sack of coffee beans and grind it yourself.

*life

Yep - pre COVID I used to spend 10 hours per week in traffic jams (one hour per journey, twice a day, 5 days a week). No one could argue this was good for me .....

Its not your responsibility. Whether they like it or not, these businesses have to change and diversify. The world has changed, they need to accept that.

Edited to add that any thread about WFH ends in a bunfight.

You’re not understanding because you’re in such a hurry to voice your ignorant views and make up unfounded nonsense about OP’s performance, that you forgot to actually read all her posts before spitting out your response 🙄

Oh yeah- all those years of clinical experience knowledge down the drain so I can put my washing out and visit the dentist...
Of course everyone knows that some jobs you can't do from home. So whining about having to go into the office when most people have had a good few years of WFH during the pandemic is not going to get a lot of sympathy

This thread is a really good example of people just not wanting other people to have nice things.

100% in a nutshell. I think the thread should just end with your comment! 😅

How will it achieve that??

I agree. Not everyone works for a big corporation with oh departments.

I take it you are a public sector worker? OP might not be

Ding ding ding JACKPOT!

The politics of bitterness and envy.

Yes, sadly

This looks like a case of quiet firing. They are trying to demoralize you by making your working circumstances worse in the hopes you'll quit on your own.

In either case, sounds like you are dealing with a bad manager. I would kick my job search into high gear.

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No - not ‘this’ 🙄 - actually maybe go read all OPs posts first where she explains.

Surely you have somewhere satisfactory to work in the office 3 days a week? So surely one more day won't hurt?

But she works in the office 3 days anyway!! Whats the problem 😆😆😆

Precious and priviliged springs to mind,get a grip

She has only been coming in 1 day - agreed with her manager.

I’d have said look I don’t mind coming back in to the office but I’m certainly not coming back to this! The office needs sorting before you return and I certainly wouldn’t want to be sitting in a store room.