To think we're being treated unfairly at work?

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My boss has recently decided she no longer wants us to work at home (it was usually one day a week). It's not in our contracts to wfh and no one has requested flexible working, it was always just an unwritten agreement that we could do this. As far as I can see, nothing has happened to warrant the change such as work not getting done, and it has never been raised during supervision. She made a comment that she likes us to be visible and that it looks better if the full team are in the office. The reason I think it is unfair, is that my colleagues in different teams and with different managers, are still allowed to wfh. We do exactly the same work but are managed by different people with clearly different views on it. She is a nice person and has been very supportive of me in other ways relating to flexible working, so I'm reluctant to raise it, but I do feel a bit miffed that others are getting the perks of wfh while my team is not.

I think you should raise it. She is making a change you don't understand and doesn't seem fair, so its reasonable to ask her about it. I'd ask her if there was a reason she thought your team was the only one that needed to be visible. I tell her if I had any good business reasons to retain the WFH day such as being better able to concentrate, and I'd ask her if she would reconsider in light of that. Keep it polite and respectful and you're doing nothing wrong.

You don’t know that the others will not be asked to do the same. Maybe your manager has been asked to increase presence by their manager, and others will follow.

Unfortunately unless there is a company policy, it's usually up to the manager to decide.

It's bad practice if all other teams are allowed to WFH. I'm not sure I would raise it / complain for 1 day, the discrepancy isn't that big.

If you have an HR department, you could ask whether there is a common policy for WFH as you've noticed your team is doing things differently. More as a request for information than a formal complaint.

I think I'd hold fire for a while OP, and see if other teams follow suit. It may be that your manager wants to see if WFH is making a difference to productivity, so has decided to put a stop to it for a while to see what happens, then if she finds it makes no difference, she may well start allowing it again. However, if after a few weeks the other teams are all still allowed to WFH, I might be inclined to have a conversation with her, and ask her if there's a reason why she decided to cancel it, and if you don't think her reason makes sense, then I'd be inclined to point out that it's not really fair, as you appear to be the only team not allowed to do it.