We're being asked to come into the office three days a week, but I'm not comfortable doing so because my wife has cystic fibrosis, putting her at high risk of serious complications if she caught covid.

How do I go about this? I started there a month ago in a leadership position too.

For context I'm in Australia where we've just had a massive surge in cases, it seems like everyone knows someone that's caught it.

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Describe it to them the way you described it here.

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The fact you just started is working in your favour. Personally, I wouldn’t think twice on refusing while also explaining your personal situation to your ecd/cco

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Your agency likely wants to build culture and keep you together on one hand. It also doesn’t want to hurt people - and get terrible pr.

Explain it to them and it should be ok. If not, you have to decide if the risk is worth working for them (it’s easy to say walk away but we all have to eat in the short term).

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Even the most hardened agency would understand your situation. Just explain it

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Tried this in the US, holding company did not care about anyones underlying health issues or justified reasons to work remotely and wanted people in the office. Mass exodus of people as a result.

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What havas 1 said. They don’t care about underlying health issues in the u.s. It happened to me too. They’re easy to let people go. Not sure how it is in Australia, but based on me plus many other peoples experience in the u.s it won’t matter.

I think you have to have that conversation anyways with the company and if you have to “resign” which is how most companies positioned it. I think your choice is clear, your wife’s probably more important than a job.

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Working in the United States is a joke at this point. You could be in the hospital and still be expected to dial into meetings

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Sadly you’re not wrong

Talk to HR, this sounds 100% justified

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I agree with the comments saying you should speak to HR/ your leadership about continuing remote work. However, if you just started this job, you should have discussed with when you received the offer. I made my intentions to stay remote clear in my interview process and had permanently remote written into my contract.

Just explain it to them. With your wife’s condition they have to get where you’re coming from. If not they are nuts. I have had to do that with my company albeit I’m not new there but have had to be very cautious throughout Covid due to a fragile family member.

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