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A remote employee stresses after discovering he will need to return to the office, even though he just signed a lease for an apartment 45 minutes from his company's offices.

Company announces return to office 2 days after employee signs a lease on an apartment 45 minutes away from the office: 'I have been remote for 3 years.'

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Company forces worker to commute 40 minutes 2/week just to sit in a room alone taking Zoom meetings

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Employees from different companies work side by side in a coworking space.

Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: 'I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.'

A man sitting on an exercise ball using a laptop

Company forces hardworking remote employee to return to the office; employee does half as much work in the office as he did when working from home: 'I probably put 10-12 hours of work in per day, because I could squeeze it in anywhere.'

A work-from-home employee working in her kitchen while eating a pizza

Company allows high-performing employees to work from home, forces everyone to return to office when underperforming employees complain: 'Because others are underperforming, we have to return to office full time.'

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Boss wearing black sweater attends a Zoom meeting with a female colleague on a Friday while the rest of his team works in the office

Boss forces fully remote company to return to the office 5 days a week, while he works from home on Fridays without letting the rest of his team do the same: 'Leadership roles have different requirements.'

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Company demands 5 days in office after years of remote, employee has a secret escape plan: 'The only thing that's changed is their desire for control'

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