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I was hired a remote employee and have been well over quota the last 2 years. We were previously informed we'd be able to stay remote, but now we're being told by mid July we'll be expected to be in the office twice a week, which to me means they're working on getting us back in full time. I did the math, and for me before gas was $5 a gal the savings were over $15,000 a year working from home. So though I'm not quitting I am looking for a new job and if it really came down to it, I would probably threaten to leave even without something lined up if they told me to be in 5 days a week without giving me a good reason as to why.
Just as a general bit of advice, be careful about making threats unless you are willing to live with the consequences. I know a lot of managers would greet your threat with a handshake and "Congratulations on the new job. When do you leave? I need to start hiring your replacement." Because they know if they give in once, won't be long until you are threatening to leave unless you got something else.
Just as a general bit of advice, be careful about making threats unless you are willing to live with the consequences. I know a lot of managers would greet your threat with a handshake and "Congratulations on the new job. When do you leave? I need to start hiring your replacement." Because they know if they give in once, won't be long until you are threatening to leave unless you got something else.
Yep. Unless one is a superstar rainmaker the reaction of the vast majority of bosses would be, "Good luck at your new job".
It happens at all levels. Secretary of State Alexander Haig threaten to resign one time too many and President Reagan accepted it.
When I read stories like this usually it is about people with in-demand high paying jobs, usually tech workers. So I have to imagine if you are in a position where you have a highly valued skill and years of exp. then threating or actually quitting won't really be a big deal because you will be able to find another job quite easily. In contrast if the dude working an initial remote data entry job threatens to quit because the company now wants the data entry to be done in person, the company will probably just let the person quit without a 2nd thought.
Just as a general bit of advice, be careful about making threats unless you are willing to live with the consequences. I know a lot of managers would greet your threat with a handshake and "Congratulations on the new job. When do you leave? I need to start hiring your replacement." Because they know if they give in once, won't be long until you are threatening to leave unless you got something else.
Threatening to quit is silly. You ask for what you want, you communicate that it's rather important. If that doesn't work, you start looking, and if something better shows up, quit. And if you don't have open communications channels to express wishes like that, you should have started looking earlier.
Any employer offering such is admitting that in person "corroboration" is just nonsense. BTW the employer can save money too from this by reducing their office footprint.
The sound you hear is one million property managers sobbing in their latte. If the company owns the office buildings, they either prop up the importance of having people in the office - or they will have to admit they're stuck with a rapidly depreciating asset.
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