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Hey! Any Google folks know if it’s possible to negotiate fully remote if a contract role is hybrid? Personally, I don’t want to relocate and go to the office on a contract role given the current economy. Plus, I’m assuming contractors are the first to go in layoffs. I just think it’s a fair trade off if I’d be allowed to work fully remote. I’m also trying to have flexibility to manage my Airbnb business in a different country. Same time zone as the home office if I’d travel weeks at a time.
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Find another job and move on. Let them figure it out.
Apply and find a new job, leave that ungrateful place.
Oh wow. What an incredibly toxic job. I bet you'll find a massive salary jump and big increase in respect at a new company. Let your current company find out what happens when you mistreat vital employees. What has made you stay at this current company for so long? You might not be able to find a new job immediately because the job market is terrible right now, but there is no doubt something much better out there for you.
https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-rights/your-rights-to-discuss-wages
I'm guessing it's a small business? No real HR dept.? Go above your boss (or even higher) to have a real conversation about the risk to the company and how you can help mitigate that risk.
Telling employees you can't discuss wages is in violation of the Fair Labor Act, iirc, implying retribution, and can also considered creating a hostile workplace.
Or leave, and let a company implode.