What are good excuses to come to and work in the office? (In a country with semi-mandatory home office with exceptions being approved easily by employer)

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Wifi issues

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“I only wanna see my family on the weekends”

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“I need to work in the office 1-2 days per week. Please approve. Thank you in advance. “

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“I need to be able to take a dump in peace. Please approve”

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You actually want to come into the office? Just ask. No reason needed 😂. Everyone around me wants to stay WFH.

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Need to get supplies or documents from the office.

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Family with loud wild kids staying with you?

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construction in the building/across the street.
wi-fi out.
kids at home.
power/water out at home.

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There are extensive building repairs going on and it’s difficult to focus. A friend or family (you decide) is crashing with me and he’s working from my apt- I’d like to come into the office. If you have kids - there is an excuse in there. If it’s a specific project you have- X is a voluminous project and I work better off of it physical documents so I will be in the office for # of weeks working on it.

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Mental health.

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What.

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We are asked to work from home but could work from the office if really needed, e.g., repair work at home and thus cant focus/work, or other reasons -> looking for good reasons to use to not work from home (“can’t focus well” won’t cut it)

Huh?

Say you need to work from the office for your own mental health wellbeing which will be more than sufficient to get a desk in the office.

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Looking for a new office chair at home. Any suggestions?

Two key qualities: comfortable and adjustable

Price is very flexible. Much rather pay more for a nicer chair than get a deal.

Thanks!

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I heard that travel used to be a thing pre-COVID. Any idea if travel is coming back?

If you are already in a super big market like Bay Area or NYC, do we even travel since all the deals are probably happening in home office?

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How did you get started in your career as an FA? I work in the home office and have been an assistant to an FA before. I have a network, I have ambition, I have credibility and connections at my firm..

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Damn I miss my life before the pandemics (the home office part can stay, though).

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Any recommendations on a good office chair below $500?

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Does an Ergonomic Gaming Chair with Lumbar and Neck Support fall under Office Furniture under WFH subsidy?

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Does Deloitte offer any fitness fund reimbursement and if so, how much is it? Can we purchase home office equipment with it? Would I be able to get stuff reimbursed this calendar year (my start date is Nov. 8th)?

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Any recs on a good office chair for the back? Looking to spend <$350

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Anyone else feel like family law is toxic and detrimental to the attorney’s health/quality of life? My client was served w/ an order of protection against her—her ex is abusive and is gearing up for a custody battle. Of course the OP was filled with outrageous lies. My home-office phone and cell were ringing from 9:00pm- 12 am after she was served…..I am in my first trimester of pregnancy with my 2nd kid and suddenly feel like I don’t want to/cannot handle this type of toxicity.…continued….

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Got an offer as a Senior 2 in EY’s FAAS practice for $117,500 base and $12,500 bonus. Home office is San Francisco. Is this expected for that position? Any insights?

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Does anyone have home office chair recommendations? Not sure what criteria I should be thinking about but I work long hours and prefer arm rests

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Joining BCG as a Project Leader soon and am curious what onboarding is like. Is it just at your home office or somewhere else?

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Tell the truth: are you more productive at home than the office? How much more? How about your coworkers? Are they more productive in your estimation? And lastly, your whole team - is it more productive in a remote environment?

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Hi everyone! Does anyone have suggestions on a good standing desk or ergonomic chair?

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Anyone run a side business for the tax benefits? Thinking about things like the over 6000lbs vehicle tax deduction, home office deduction, etc. What sorts of business do you all have?

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Home office furniture ideas? Asking for a 30M professor (my bf). Need standing desk, good chair, and round table with a few seats.

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I am a field marketer. I travel and cover 12 states. HQ is across the US on the east coast. My manager put a surprise calendar invite twice now to go to home office without consulting dates to see if we were available. I stood up and asked to be included on available dates and said I will attend virtually but asking me to be away for 4 additional full days away from my family without asking me is not OK. I already travel a lot and this boundary is super important to me. Am I right or wrong?

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Just want some career advice
Is it possible to get into tech industry as analyst after having 3 yrs experience in sales.
I am looking for a career change, had done BCA in graduation. But due to some circumstances has to leave tech industry before and got into sales, but now again want to join.
Pls advise how to approach companies to start again as a beginner??

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My Infosys application status shows "Review In Progress"(Yellow Color) ,but I haven't received any mail from HR for Submitting documents. When can I expect to hear back from HR? Also are there any chances of getting offer letter?

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I can see many posts that people are joining new company and complaint about work life balance. Why is this so?

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Anyone working in capgemini engineering(altran) in mumbai?

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Did Instagram models move to LinkedIn? I kinda what to slide in to them DMs

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The Partner asked me my opinion on a hiring decision. I told him I'm not getting paid enough for that. I don't think he found that funny. :(

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What does please confirm on the valid overseas of India card mean.Should O choose yes or no.Also let me know is passport mandatory for societe general?

I recently presented to some potential new hires on a video call. DURING the call, one of the potential hires sent me a DM on LinkedIn saying "Hey ;) Maybe we can collaborate" What the hell do I do? It feels so unprofessional. This guy has already been offered a job, we were just trying to convince them to accept. But I am uncomfortable.

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my agency asked what i can use to make working from home for the next 9 months. i already have a comfortable desk and good headphones and my chair and monitor from the office. what are good things to ask for that would make working from home better? maybe a printer?

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