Boss demands remote employees decorate their home office for Christmas, one employee refuses, boss blames them for ruining the holiday spirit: 'It isn't my job to decorate for her’

When you work from home, you get the privilege of deciding exactly how your work environment will look. You can work from a slick home office, with an aesthetically pleasing desk filled with all the essentials for the job… or you can work from your bed. That's completely up to you.

As long as the job gets done, managers shouldn't really care about your sitting positions throughout your day, or whether your laptop is on a desk or sitting on your lap.

The manager below cares about her employees' work environment, but not for the reasons you think of. She wants proof that her employees decorated their offices for Christmas, and even asked for a picture to use for a game she invented. While that could be a fun holiday activity, it seemed odd that a boss would demand that an employee decorate their private space for a holiday they might not even be celebrating. That is exactly why one employee refused to participate in the game.

The refusal was not welcomed by the boss, so keep scrolling to read what happened next.

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