Is it a dangerous move to apply for an exception? Will it end up in layoff
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You can carpool with a coworker that lives close to you. I did it years ago and it worked out very well!
"If you were hired as a fully remote person, or acquired from an all-remote company, why should you have to buy a car when the terms of your employment change?"
Because companies change job expectations all the time. If the guy wants to keep the job he has several options:
- buy a car
- pay for uber
- find someone else who works there to give him a ride
- move closer and walk
- quit
In no universe is Dell going to buy him a car
"Dell pays you for your services. It is not Dell's fault that you choose not to use some of that compensation to buy a car."
Well, I was hired as remote and they knew it. Now they change the rules with no viable explanation. Moreover, I have no colleagues in the nearest office, they're all abroad.
Based on your logic, if tomorrow they decide that a new dress code is introduced, let's say a diamond Rolex watch + Borat style swimsuit, you'll be the first one to run to the nearest outlet to buy this gear, right? All because they pay you for your services!
Of course they won't buy this person a car. It is a common bargaining tactic to ask for something outrageous (buy me a car) in order to settle for something sensible (let me stay remote). It does underscore the unfairness of asking someone who's never worked in an office and doesn't have the ability to live the Austin lifestyle for whatever reason to go work in an office they've never even seen.
Buy you a car? What are you smoking bro? They are going to lay you off!
If you were hired as a fully remote person, or acquired from an all-remote company, why should you have to buy a car when the terms of your employment change? I can see this person's point. A lot of people have never had a car, especially those living in London where it's just a major headache to own one. Some can't drive because it's impractical. Not everyone has your exact life.
"Well, it is logical that if they want me to drive to the office and I don't have a car, they should provide me with one."
Dell pays you for your services. It is not Dell's fault that you choose not to use some of that compensation to buy a car.
Hey Chupa... suggest you get a bike then.
"Well, it is logical that if they want me to drive to the office and I don't have a car, they should provide me with one."
This is the d-mbest post on here. Seriously buy you a car? You sound like someone who asked to have their parents come to your interview.
"Buy you a car? Lol! You must be a gen-z snowflake!"
Well, it is logical that if they want me to drive to the office and I don't have a car, they should provide me with one.
“ I have no car, and it takes 2.5h for me. To get to the office by public transport. Yet, I got labeled as an onsite slave. I submitted a ticket to HR, asking either to make me remote or buy me a car and pay for the license training. Still waiting for the outcome. Hope I will be wired”
Buy you a car? Lol! You must be a gen-z snowflake!
I have no car, and it takes 2.5h for me. To get to the office by public transport. Yet, I got labeled as an onsite slave. I submitted a ticket to HR, asking either to make me remote or buy me a car and pay for the license training. Still waiting for the outcome. Hope I will be wired.
I chose remote last March because I am not close to a Dell facility. Got bumped in April. Best day of my life since I worked in a group of miserable back stabbers. It was a blessing.
I have it, medical reasons.
The way I see it, I have no other cards to play.
A way to think about it, this company is not the best place to be right now, and may never be again. If you get WFR, well what can you do about it?
It's better than leaving with nothing.
There are rumours about selling off all, or part of, or merging which will only reduce the WFR pot. If true, better now than then.
Well you are either valuable to the company in their eyes or your not. The landscape is changing so you need to figure out if your worth is an asset to the company.
Every employee has a bullseye on their back.
The remotes have a bigger one for the time being.
There is no scenario where working for Dell becomes better with the current leadership. So, like many, I have one foot out the door already.
I submitted an RTO medical exception and was WFR’d with 4 months. I was caring for an elderly parent (which my manager knew). 10 years with Dell down the drain. Don’t do it if you can avoid it, or find a new job before you’re let go.
A layoff might be the best thing for your life