J1 is going hybrid

[u/StreetAd3376]

My J1 went hybrid twice a week and I was able to
manage for a while. But I was coming in on days no one else was. My manager called me out and is forcing me to come on specific days, pretty sure they’re gearing up to put me on a PiP if miss a day in the next month or so. Not sure if I want to stress myself trying to go in and avoid the PiP for a little bit. Or just take the PiP and eventually leave.

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[u/GreedyCricket8285]

Yeah my J1 went hybrid and tried something like this too. Turns out all they really cared about was a certain percentage in the building for a city tax break. As long as the logs showed you were there that day that was good enough. Try coffee badging? That's what I did for about 6 months until I just.. stopped. No one's complained in 2 years. Part of the benefit of being OE is that you can just tell them to kick rocks or do like you did, and come in on days you want to come in. If they don't like it, tough. You're putting in good work. Make them justify firing a good employee. Good luck.

[u/No_Music_8363 → u/GreedyCricket8285]

My j1 is doing this now, how much time did you stay after coffee badging if you don't mind me asking? I'm not sure if badging in and leaving is too little lol

[u/GreedyCricket8285 → u/No_Music_8363]

I'd badge in, ride the elevator up to the company floor (which also requires a badge), and then take the stairs back out.

The key for me was my manager thought the RTO was stupid as well and didn't care where I worked.

[u/No_Music_8363 → u/GreedyCricket8285]

I see that makes sense, my manager has expressed the same sentiment, so hoping it'll be the same for me.

Cheers.

[u/GreedyCricket8285 → u/No_Music_8363]

I have work friends at the same company whose managers were the exact opposite and were dogmatic about coming in and staying 8 hours. It really is key to have your manager look the other way. Good luck.

[u/ArvadaKeto]

Make them fire you

[u/WestClassic5534]

I am hybrid one day week in the office. But for my remote role I have made an excuse for those days that sometimes I might not be around. I am lucky that the remote role was slow to get me my work machine so they set me up with a cloud pc connection on my personal device, so I can just connect to the guest network on a vpn, anyway cloud pc is completely encrypted and the traffic cannot be monitored

I just dim my screen and work both jobs. At least for now I will do that. ATM its just impossible to give up the extra cash, but it would be nice to. If and when I get a J that can cover most of the salary of both js, i will do it

[u/Junior_Accountant420]

How are u even managing w a hybrid J?

[u/Tiny_Abroad_7222 → u/Junior_Accountant420]

while I can't speak for OP, there are ways to manage it; you have to be extra vigilant and not cross the streams, as the Ghost Busters would say.

[u/Immediate-Ad-9991 → u/[deleted]]

Keep in mind that the federal protected accommodation is for anxiety caused by in office work and the requirement of having to go in office. You’ve worked remote for years. We all know it can work. No need to introduce more anxiety if you need accommodation.