Talking about WFH exceptions, how does one get one? Is chronic anxiety/ panic attacks issues (documented and medicated) - a good enough reason to request WFH? What would the process look like? TIA relatively new to the corporate world and trying to navigate everything.
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As an anxiety sufferer myself, I often schedule time in a break room, turned off the lights, and layer on the floor. I walk outside to get away. I added magnesium glycinate before bed which has helped tremendously. Anxiety can be crippling but WFH isn’t the answer. You can submit a medical accommodation with a doctors letter of recommendation of your truly need it.
@1qmg, it's not about networking or collaborating. It's about making everyone miserable enough to quit. They don't care if you talk to anyone or not - they just want to exert control over you and make you miserable.
In terms of an accommodation - I would say it's the luck of the draw or the LOB you report up through. I have to believe some LOB's have easier exception processes as what has been reported here, in terms of the ease of getting an exception, has not been the experience in my org. I believe it's similar to RTO in that all the different areas have their own rules.
I am in a location where I’m the only person. My manager says RTO is for networking. I quickly pointed out I have a set of technical skills, and I happen to work in banking. But, I’m not in banking whereas the others in my office clearly are. There’s no networking for me.
It’s hit or miss from what I have seen. I have 2 high risk chronic health conditions that fall under the ADA and the walk from the public transport to office is physically challenging for me and got written support from my oncologist and 2 other specialists and was denied. A co worker was approved for a mental health reason. So who knows what gets approved and what doesn’t.
Fake an ailment and roll the dice. I know of one that got 30 day PIP by “rolling the dice”
“…. difficult for my manager to replace….”
Don’t worry, it’s coming. Saying nothing of your skills or true value add as I obviously don’t have hose facts, this is not up to your manager any more.
I'm five hours from the nearest hub, but difficult for my manager to replace.
Driving to a random building full of people not in my group has absolutely nothing to do with work generally or my role / job description specifically. It's a complete waste of company time and money. My group is distributed because customers are. We can't colo, and other groups have no business need to know.
In your role, going to a building may have something to do with your work. For me it does not, which is why I was WFH for years before C19. Its easily demonstrable that driving around for hours every day is detrimental to my work. What's the business case for that, exactly? There isn't one.
@blz+1nxaIelv Nobody asked you Charlie.
My co-worker actually received an accommodation to WFH and care for her husband. He has some condition that causes seizures, and they granted her the ability to WFH in case he has one.
Accommodation for anxiety took 3 days and a 10 minute hr call. Fastest approval from wells I’ve ever witnessed.
I see why people drink on the job now.
If you had a legitimate therapy animal, medications, etc that would help your case. Otherwise, if this thing you have isn't surrounded by enough medical proof, WF doesn't sound like a right fit for you.
There are lots of people at WF with no medical issues that find the company an unhealthy place to work.
Come on severance, where are you hiding?
you need to file an accomodations request. easy to find on teamworks. if approved and the approved accomodation is working from home then you are good to go up until you ever change roles. the accomodationsl is tied to your position number so if you later apply for a new job and get it your accomodations needs to be reapproved.
Accommodation - you have to have some condition that a doctor is willing to say can only be controlled/managed by NOT having to go to an office - i.e. WFH. Then the manager has to agree that your job can be done from home without "undue hardship" The manager does not know about the condition or make a judgment of adequacy - that's all kept confidential to the accommodation specialist. Start the process via Teamworks (put the word "accommodation" into the search box). Accommodations are evaluated periodically - none are permanent.
If you have a shorter term 'acute' situation (have a cold, broke a leg, etc) that's between you and your manager... not accommodation.
From the chatter on this board it appears that there are some people or groups that have true "exceptions" - not an accommodation, and not a short term situation. I have yet to actually meet or even hear of anyone in such a situation, but it does seem to get posted a lot here.
Managers are being held accountable to the attendance compliance of their teams.
You will get on the ax list quickly
New to the corporate world? Are you planning to continue working for say, the next 30 or so years? My suggestion is to su-k it up and get to the office. If you are already saying you can't handle the job, that it's too much for you, then you should look for some cushy, non stress inducing position elsewhere. Even if you were to get an exception, are you going to have a panic attack every time they come back and ask you for proof from your doctor again and while you wait for their answer?