Forced Office Attendance Without Justification or Support
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Colleagues.
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It’s 2025, but the company continues to mandate being in the office 4 to 5 days a week. When I joined two years ago, I was able to work from home three days a week, a setup that worked well. Then, without any explanation or clear reasoning, the policy suddenly changed. Strangely, this requirement now depends entirely on your team, there's no consistent policy or standard across departments.
One of the stated reasons for this is that some employees supposedly struggle with asynchronous communication, so being physically present is seen as necessary. There’s also a more unsettling reason that’s been shared by at least one team lead: they simply don’t trust people to work when they're remote. It's hard to reconcile that kind of mindset with effective leadership, trust should be the foundation, not an exception.
To make matters worse, despite pushing everyone back into the office, the company doesn’t offer any meaningful benefits to ease the commute, no public transport subsidies, no bike leasing programs.
All in all, it reflects an outdated approach that doesn’t align with how modern, trust-based workplaces operate.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Introduce the option for remote work, at least partially.
Improve the overall benefits package to match industry standards.
Standardize policies across all teams to ensure fairness and transparency.
Gehalt/Benefits
While the pay is acceptable, the complete lack of benefits is disappointing.