young woman with in office (l) on couch (c) wearing blanket (r) all with caption 'Update?'

‘I’m in the middle of reading this email…’: Remote worker says she was fired via email, locked out of her account while reading it

‘I’m at IKEA to try to feel better.’

On by Grace Stanley
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young woman on bed with caption 'Me working 'remote' on my bed, looking for a new job, typing my cover letter to work for Pinterest, right before my check in meeting with my boss to talk about my assignments for the week' (l) young woman with caption 'just got fired' (c) young woman with captions 'Tell us why first' and 'Why i got fired' (r)

Worker says she got fired after making video on how she conducts her ‘remote work’ right before check-in meetings with her boss

“Me working ‘remote’ on my bed.”

On by Braden Bjella
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woman speaking (l) Microsoft Teams logo on white background (c) woman speaking (r)

‘It’s the worst part of working in the corporate world’: Remote worker rants about Microsoft Teams being a ‘narc,’ says application wrongfully sets her status as ‘away’

‘Mine is yellow while actively working and I want to scream!’

On by Melody Heald
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woman speaking caption 'get your doctor and HR involved, they need to provide reasonable accommodations with a confirmed medical condition' (l) Woman typing on laptop under desk caption 'POV: you're autistic and 'have' to go into office twice a week but find it hard to work there because it's bright, distracting and open plan so you asked for a low sensory room to avoid having a meltdown at work but they just told you work in the smaller open plan officeso when you're feeling overwhelmed so now you have to work under a desk in the open plan office because you have deadlines and can't leave to go home in the middle of the day because it will 'look bad'' (c) woman speaking caption 'get your doctor and HR involved, they need to provide reasonable accommodations with a confirmed medical condition' (r)(

‘POV: you’re autistic and ‘have’ to go into the office twice a week’: TikToker resorts to working under a desk after employer refused to provide proper accommodations for her disability

‘If you’ve been through this you know how draining it is to constantly speak up for your needs.’

On by Tricia Crimmins
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Slack messages with man greenscreen TikTok pointing caption 'I'm gonna work from home today and bust out w9 calls' 'What's going on? Why aren't you here? I messaged you at 8 saying I wanted to do w9 calls today. I can get through... 'I see that but what is it that... you in office? ' Do you have an issue with... from home today?' 'The issue is that we sign on to work in office. I do not have a problem at all you working from home if you don't feel like the best- flex for other reasons like you feeling distracted in office is another topic' (l) man speaking outside (c) man greenscreen TikTok over Slack messages caption 'Chad, you were hired into an administrative position with your manager. The marketing... just icing on the cake.. tremendous disrespect... that will not be tolerated.. make it clear that your situation... for admin... Tasks are most important... of respect for (blank) I'm terminating you effective immediately. Please go to the office and gather your things and I'll process your final check today for direct deposit on Tuesday' (r)

‘Most of our staff is remote. Everything is in the cloud’: Man fired for choosing to work from home because it’s more productive, sparking debate

‘And employers wonder why they can’t retain staff…’

On by Braden Bjella
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woman sipping drink at standing desk caption 'Logging off my corporate job after wearing pajamas all day, going on a coffee run, TikTok & working from 12:00-12:30' (l) view from couch of laptop and drinks on table with tv playing trial in background caption 'POV YOU WORK FROM HOME' (c) woman at standing desk caption 'Logging off my corporate job after wearing pajamas all day, going on a coffee run, TikTok & working from 12:00-12:30' (r)

‘I feel like I’m the only one who’s working from home and working harder than I ever did in an office’: Remote employee jokes about not working while working from home, sparking debate

‘That’s why they’re making us go back into the office.’

On by Jack Alban
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young woman in office with caption 'this is why I hate coming into the office. Cause it's 11:25 am and I'm done all of my work already'

‘This is why I hate coming into the office’: Worker complains about hybrid schedule, says she’s done with all her work before noon, sparking debate

‘I literally watch movies for the rest of my shift.’

On by Brooke Sjoberg
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woman with caption 'how to do voiceovers at-home (no studio)' (l) order page with caption 'POV: when your voice is shot and you have orders piling up that all require you to talk, sob emoji' (c) woman speaking to phone on stand with caption 'The Setup' (r)

‘No talking for the next 24 hours!’: Remote voice-over artist says she can’t complete work orders since her voice is shot due to Covid-19

‘Usually you will lose money on [sick] days unless you have passive income set up.’

On by Gisselle Hernandez
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man in room with captions 'What i find funny about all these employers forcing people back into the office' (l) 'Is that you're also forcing back the really annoying people' (c) 'Like when I was in the office, I would go into my boss's office 10-15 times, ask 42 disjointed questions, make a stupid joke and scurry off' (r)

‘You’re forcing back the really annoying people’: TikToker shares the problem with employers forcing remote workers back in the office

‘Also bringing back more office conflict.’

On by Braden Bjella
caption 'when you're on your ninth zoom meeting of the day, can only get work done after 5pm, and the tiktok girlies are posting how productive their 5-9s are' (l) young woman wearing headphones at keyboard (r)

‘WFH just feels like a never-ending work day’: Remote worker says she has so many Zoom meetings that she does her work after 5pm

‘I hate the 5-9 mentality.’

On by Brooke Sjoberg
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man in room with taped box

‘I did do something petty’: Man fired from his remote job gets revenge on former company

‘When life throws you a curveball.’

On by Lauren Castro
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young woman with 'Getting fired from tech for having a mouse jiggler' caption (l) computer mouse (c) young woman pointing at text background (r)

‘My manager caught me’: Remote worker says they got reprimanded for using ‘mouse jiggler’ app, sparking debate

‘This is why you need a manual mouse jiggler!’

On by Rebekah Harding
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person at desk hand on mouse while looking at monitor and keyboard caption 'POV: you've been working remotely for 8 hours straight' (l) person hand on playstation remote on edge pf desk next to microphone caption 'POV: you've been working remotely for 8 hours straight' (c) person pretending to fall out of desk chair caption 'POV: you've been working remotely for 8 hours straight' (r)

‘POV you’ve been working remote 8 hours straight’: TikToker shares the relatable feeling of working remotely at your desk for the entire day

‘Still better than being in office all day listening to how Sue from HR broke her coffee machine last night.’

On by Melody Heald
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'Big Brother eye' concept with orange colored iris

‘By the time I left, I was broken’: Workers speak out against company after remote worker’s video on being monitored through webcam goes viral

The company works with AT&T, Verizon, Walmart, Target, Kohl’s, and Urban Outfitters.

On by Grace Stanley
computer screen on clock at 5:00:00 (l) man on phone (c) computer screen on RingCentral sidebar cursor selecting LOG OUT (r)

‘I hover over that submit button for five minutes’: Remote worker shows how he has to wait until exactly 5pm to clock out of work

‘Always on the ready for 5:00:00 p.m.’

On by Linda Hamilton
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