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‘Or work for a less toxic company who don’t monitor your availability so closely’: Remote worker shares how to ‘stay green’ on Teams while you nap

‘These posts are why my last boss wouldn’t let us continue to WFH.’

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man at desk with caption 'My job recently told me I'm not allowed to work from home even though I do everything remotely, they want me in the office. So I deleted Teams and email from my phone. My boss tried to call me last night for something urgent and couldn't reach me. He asked why and I explained what I was told. I am not allowed to work from home.' (l) man at laptop smiling at phone in hands (c) man at desk with caption 'My job recently told me I'm not allowed to work from home even though I do everything remotely, they want me in the office. So I deleted Teams and email from my phone. My boss tried to call me last night for something urgent and couldn't reach me. He asked why and I explained what I was told. I am not allowed to work from home.' (r)

‘I deleted Teams and email from my phone’: Worker jokes about ignoring boss’ phone call because he’s not allowed to work from home

‘Not allowed to work from home so I don’t.’

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wfh employee with caption 'you tweaking if you got a WFH job overnight & only get 4 calls throughout the whole night' (l) wfh employee with caption 'you tweaking if you got a WFH job overnight & only get 4 calls throughout the whole night' (c) wfh employee with caption 'you tweaking if you got a WFH job overnight & only get 4 calls throughout the whole night' (r)

‘Free money’: Work-from-home worker only gets 4 calls throughout the night

‘Howww do you guys be getting these jobs?’

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woman working from nail salon

‘That’s a woman who knows how to get things done!’: Remote worker filmed working from a nail salon

‘Ain’t nothing wrong with multitasking.’

On by Alexandra Samuels
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man using full-sized monitor in a coffee shop

‘Work from home is getting out of hand’: Worker brings whole computer monitor to coffee shop

‘I seen people type on their computers while crossing the road.’

On by Braden Bjella
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woman speaking in bathroom with caption 'my boss messaging me like why aren't you online I'm like babe I'm on the toilet' (l) woman on phone with toilet paper on lap using toilet (c) woman speaking in bathroom with caption 'diarrhea like I don't know what to tell you' (r)

‘Like, babe, I’m on the toilet’: Remote worker’s video on workplace boundaries sparks discussion

‘I’m permanently set to offline.’

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woman at laptop with caption 'Imma need all of y'all people who keep posting what they actually do during remote wfh on Fridays to stop because they just took away mine cause they found out about those tiktoks' (l) woman at laptop with caption 'Imma need all of y'all people who keep posting what they actually do during remote wfh on Fridays to stop because they just took away mine cause they found out about those tiktoks' (c) woman at laptop with caption 'Imma need all of y'all people who keep posting what they actually do during remote wfh on Fridays to stop because they just took away mine cause they found out about those tiktoks' (r)

‘These TikToks will send us all back in office eventually’: Worker says workplace took away ‘work-from-home Fridays’ after seeing TikToks of what remote employees do in a day

‘People r sharing TOO MUCH.’

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coffee machine pouring fresh coffee into mug with caption 'The culture:' (l) people walking on carpet with caption ''We're returning to the office for the culture'' (c) window with empty chairs and table and caption 'The culture:' (r)

‘The culture = the company signed a 10-year lease’: Workers mock office that made them return for the ‘culture’

‘Wait till you see the view from the office.’

On by Cecilia Lenzen
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woman speaking on couch with caption 'listen I'm getting sick of you guys that work from home' (l) woman speaking on couch with caption 'shouting from the rooftops on TIKTOK' (c) woman speaking on couch with caption 'that you essentially spend half of your day doing nothing' (r)

‘This is why people have to work in the office’: Remote worker who works hard issues PSA to those who don’t

‘Don’t ruin it for the rest of us.’

On by Brooke Sjoberg
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Desk with laptops and monitor with caption 'When you realize the TikTok girlys weren't lying about having multiple wfh jobs and now you get 3 full time paychecks every other Friday' (l) Desk with laptops and monitor with caption 'When you realize the TikTok girlys weren't lying about having multiple wfh jobs and now you get 3 full time paychecks every other Friday' (c) Desk with laptops and monitor with caption 'When you realize the TikTok girlys weren't lying about having multiple wfh jobs and now you get 3 full time paychecks every other Friday' (r)

‘The TikTok girlys weren’t lying’: Remote worker says she has 3 work-from-home jobs, gets 3 full-time paychecks every other Friday

‘How y’all got three and I can’t even get one!’

On by Cecilia Lenzen
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meeting on laptop screen with 2 people in call caption 'Watch me get layed off from my job' 'So basically in an effort to reduce costs we are restructuring our business' (l) meeting on laptop screen with 2 people in call caption 'Watch me get layed off from my job' 'And unfortunately your position has been impacted' (c) meeting on laptop screen with 2 people in call caption 'Watch me get layed off from my job' 'um and you'll not be asked to work beyond tomorrow' (r)

‘These companies do not care about us’: Man films himself getting laid off over Zoom

‘What’s this meeting about? My promotion?’

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man sleeping in bed caption 'He has alarms set to let him know when to jiggle his mouse a little so they still think he's working' (l) hand on mouse on table (c) Laptop on desk with alarm set caption 'He has alarms set to let him know when to jiggle his mouse a little so they still think he's working' (r)

‘This is why they want us back in office’: Remote worker sleeps during workday, sets alarms to jiggle mouse and appear active on Teams

‘Remote work at its finest.’

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Zoom meeting with caption 'You started at 9 50 and then you rabbited on about PERKS for a bit' (l) hands up at laptop (c) Zoom call with caption 'This is absolute rubbish' (r)

‘Long live Stanley’: Worker goes on a rant against trainer while on company Zoom call before quitting

‘Stanley is the voice of every worker.’

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call center worker speaking with headset on caption 'POV: you thought you was on mute but clicked speaker and got fired after this' ''I literally see late payment charges everytime I click the next page'' (l) call center worker speaking with headset on caption 'POV: you thought you was on mute but clicked speaker and got fired after this' (c) call center worker speaking with headset on caption 'POV: you thought you was on mute but clicked speaker and got fired after this' ''I literally see late payment charges everytime I click the next page'' (r)

‘The f**k don’t you understand?’: Call center worker fired after accidentally unmuting and talking sh*t about customer

‘I would’ve just hung up after that.’

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woman working from home holding up hands with peace symbols caption 'When you're 3mo behind on rent, single mom, broke, no (money emoji) for Xmas. So you find 3 WFH jobs & you catch up & your kids have presents under the tree' (l) woman working from home typing on keyboard at desk (c) woman working from home holding up hands pointing towards computer monitor caption 'When you're 3mo behind on rent, single mom, broke, no (money emoji) for Xmas. So you find 3 WFH jobs & you catch up & your kids have presents under the tree' (r)

‘Please I can’t even find one right now’: Mom says she had to get 3 work from home jobs

‘3 months behind on rent, single mom, broke, no money for Xmas.’

On by Cecilia Lenzen
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