Anybody who had a medical WFH accommodation that was able to renew it after relocating to a core location?
I’m on tap to move by August and am wondering what if anything has changed about the process since my old accommodation was considered “ongoing,” and didn’t need to be reviewed?
Is anybody getting their old accommodations renewed after relocating to a Core hub?
A 15 minute drive for me would have turned into a 3 hr drive should I have accepted the offer. Answering an email vs an astronaut big difference. Would you drive that far just to do what was proven successful during remote in the covid era?
If astronauts can wear diapers, so can you --> "What if you have a lengthy commute and
lifelong digestive issue prevents you from traveling for long distances? Some people have those."
Get the bozack and an Amazon subscription for adult diapers aka rubber pants for adults.
Accommodations don’t necessarily mean work from home. So, they get to choose within reason. It you are close or far (39.9 mile) you may still have to go in three times per week.
you have no guarantee of being renewed even if you don't move. what is certain though is that if you are in a non core location and don't relocate - you will be displaced.
Shart doesn't care, he just wants you to quit, and if you won't he'll bite the bullet and pay severance. We all go.
What if you have a lengthy commute and
lifelong digestive issue prevents you from traveling for long distances? Some people have those.
: @d7+1jq0a5bgj Location strategy and Medical Accomodation do not work together. I you are on medical and live in MN and your hub is in NC. You will be displaced. Location overrides remote. You may get an accomodation to work remote in NC within 40 miles of teh office. Your home address is what they go by and zero to do with medical. Medical is after you are in a hub. Location is the overriding theme. You can no longer work from anywhere
No such thing as ongoing.
Medical accommodation after relocating to Core
Anybody who had a medical WFH accommodation that was able to renew it after relocating to a core location?
I’m on tap to move by August and am wondering what if anything has changed about the process since my old accommodation was considered “ongoing,” and didn’t need to be reviewed?
If you got a pass this year great. They are going in rounds. You will be reviewed as if you never had an accomodation. They don’t use prior year. Each year it will be harder and harder. They will say one or two days a week. To be fair i see people wheeling themselves into the office. Now how inconvenient is it for them and you want to complain about i have PTSD but i go golfing all the time and to the Bahamas. I have cancer. I have to have a melanoma removed. I need a medical accomodation. No
What lifelong medical does an Empoyer HAVE to accommodate with work from home. I heard they have to accommodate you but not WFH. Wheel chair - wheelchair accessible, intestinal issues - desk right next to restroom. People allergies quiet off location, immune well probably need to go on SSDI and not expect that WF HAS TO let you work from home. If they do great. Nothing to do with work performance. It has to do with a lot of excuses and wanting to work from home My doctor said well i can’t say he can’t go in a office becase he can go to stores and shopping however the environment can be challenging. Honestly probably almost 50% of the WF staff have some issue that they could push for. If you have a true disability go on SSDI.
I was on a med accommodation and was the top performer of my team. I cranked out 3x as much work and was in a core location/hub and was with "the firm" (haha) for many, many years.
I was displaced last year. Obviously we could never prove it, but I have no doubt - esp talking with other team members from various other LOBs - they are targeting the folks on accommodation and the older workers.
How good of an employee is irrelevant these days. If you don't play the game and get up inside the managers, nothing you do or don't do matters.
May the odds ever be in your favor.
OP here - I am definitely ahead of most of my team in terms of output & there’s never a time anyone is waiting more than a few minutes to get a response to an email or ping.
GTFO.
Everyone on our team who had a medical accommodation to WFH had it revoked as part of a greater HR initiative. Call it what you want, the company is set on return to office.
Which I don’t understand. During my time at Wells there has been zero collaboration, information hoarding by more senior staff, and regardless if everyone is in person, meetings are still held over Teams.
This company is all about the trigger word initiatives.
Just stop being lazy and go to work
They told me that as long as paperwork supports it, they will accommodate it. However during recertification, when someone else on the team gets the request, they can then decide if it can be accommodated or not. Even if it was approved before and you have submitted updated medical documentation, was mentioned that they at anytime can contact the medical provider and tell them they will no longer support it even if the the provider says its a lifelong and permanent condition. Something too about that mileage isnt covered anymore and accommodations are separate from location strategy. Which doesn't make sense to me. I thought I seen something floating around that there isn't a mileage rule and that all accommodations will be honored....Feels like I'm not getting the full story here.
Then once an accommodation would expire, one would have to commute anyways despite medical issues. At that point subject to rto policies.
I think I'm sc--wed now, I hope not. i feel so sick thinking about it, I should have spoke to more people to get further clarification because of what they told me. Should I see if i can reapply? I have been there for a number of years with decent severance package...
But I don't want to leave if I don't have to. I realize finding a full time remote job is going to be hard. Or a comparble job will be hard to find but.... can't make that drive due to ongoing medical issues, by having an accommodation this would have allowed me too. I think I may call them on Monday and talk to someone else for a second opinion, and an email followup.
Yeah, our exec basically rejects all medical accomodations so it really depends on the team
I was in same situation. Your accomodation is for your specific role in your current location. If either one of those change, your accomodation needs to be recertified. Your manager or HR person should explain that as part of your relo conversations. Hope it all works out for you.
Same here. HR told me to get the bosack.