Remote worker hired, then told she has to come in 3 days a week despite stipulations in her contract, HR ignores her dispute: 'My team is spread across states anyway!'

This employee was supposed to remain fully remote until the new VP at the company swooped in and changed his mind.

No one likes the feeling of their needs being entirely ignored. This author was transparent during the interview process that she would not be available to come into the office regularly, as she had recently moved to another state. She was told repeatedly that this was a non-issue by human resources. 

Then, the new VP decided to enforce a hybrid policy that pushed employees to come into the office three days a week with no exceptions. This was a sudden move, made without warning and simply over email. You can just imagine how the majority of employees responded to this change.

The author tried to bring up the contractual agreement she had made upon getting hired to her supervisor. HR said they would consider this dispute, but after a while, it became clear that they were simply going to ignore her request unless further action was taken.

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