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I luckily only work 11 - 5. But even with that limited time it'd be nice if I could work 4 days a week instead of the full 5. I asked my boss after probation is over if I could at least work from home for one day (mostly due to chronic pain, it's not so bad, but my job has stairs to the office since it's in a complex with other places). Just got to wait till December when the probation is off.
That's a decent arrangement - and yeah, hopefully getting at least one day WFH down the line will make it even better. Shouldn't be too much to ask for in this post-Covid era, yet the hoops people have to jump through is ridiculous.
It's just so weird how government and bosses are pushing for people to come into the office. Like wasn't there a big boom in mental health for people who could work at home (obviously not including the mental health for when we had to stay inside 24/7 but still).
Wild, absolutely wild.
That’s the big life changing thing that Covid brought us - work from home, allowing people who are disabled/chronic health issues be able to work without dealing with the physical issues and fatigue from going to an office.
Exactly. Like I honestly would work better if I could work from home. I would still be in pain obviously. But it wouldn't be so bad because I'm at home so I can walk around more or have hot water bottles/wheat packs on me while I work.
Like my job isn't intensive. But just some small accommodations would be nice. Again, going to try and ask about that when my probation is up, I understand not doing it right now. But here's hoping!