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WFH is dead and buried. Right to WFH bill is pointless

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  • #452
    TaurenDruid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,355 ✭✭✭TaurenDruid


    The company concerned is PFH, an ICT supplies and services company. I must ask about the case next time they're trying to persuade me to deal with them…

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  • #453
    HurlingBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭HurlingBoy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123257108#Comment_123257108

    I wouldn't sign any contract that says you can work from home now and could be asked to work onsite at any location. My contract has a definitive address. Covid probably changed alot of this around contracts but company can use RTO as a headcount cutting exercise and leave you doing impossible commutes as happened the worker in the article. It really is going to be a mine field going forward and workers have no real protection unless WFH home is specifically called out in a contract but generally companies will word the contract to give them full control or it may just be word of mouth when offering the job that company offers flexibility until they decide to change their policy.



  • #454
    LambshankRedemption
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,604 ✭✭✭✭LambshankRedemption


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123259560#Comment_123259560

    Having dealt with them, my advice to you is this: Don't.



  • #455
    Sacha_N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭Sacha_N


    Negotiate it at the contract stage.

    Then deal with what you got. No whinging.

    Nobody actually wants to get up and commute every day. Working from home has been the dream for decades, there used to be scams in the adverts section offering to tell you how for just £5. If its that bad pull a sickie like the rest of us.



  • #456
    LambshankRedemption
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,604 ✭✭✭✭LambshankRedemption


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123264342#Comment_123264342

    Definitely negotiate it at contract stage. My last contract, they were reluctant to have it included in the contract and we came to a "gentlemen's agreement" that i would visit the office 3 times a month. Then, the 3rd of January arrives, new CTO who said in his inaugural speech that he despises the concept of WFH and from now on, everyone must attend the office 3 times a week minimum.

    Luckily for me, as what often happens when they insist everyone comes in, they found out they didnt have enough desks for everyone, so then they ruled that contractors were exempt from the requirement. Phew!

    But the point stands, if its not written in your contract, it is subject to change on the whim of the next manager that comes along.



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