Im curious about the actual legality of not allowing a certain group of people be promoted. To me and a few others in my group this seems like discrimination.
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There is no possible way for anyone to move in one month’s time to choose hybrid - if they are in a state without any office or over a couple hours commute. They literally promoted Sell as being pro remote workers before Covid and now not giving those people any chance to choose.
Publish the policy. Make it available to everyone internally. Have the employees make a choice regarding the policy. Most of us in the USA are at will employees and we can be terminated on a moments notice without a reason.
every one knows in reality remotes 'sic' are part time workers
Seems like age discrimination if younger employees in lower positions can get promoted, while more experienced people in an i8 and up can’t.
Discrimination is baseline. Do you really think the folks in charge got there by merit? There is a reason the po-p floats to the top.
@zef+1qWjZ6G7 There are specific reasons they can reject a request for remote. If you don't fall into one of those reasons, they are not allowed to reject it. So as long as that's adhered to, I assume the answer would be no.
Is it discrimination if your manager refuses to approve the remote request?
But are we choosing? Sure, some maybe...but there are literally thousands of employees that are located near offices that Dell closed during covid. Saying we need to return to the office without providing an office to return to isn't much of a choice, is it? They've essentially pulled the rug out from underneath their own employees, and threatened them with career stagnation/prioritization in WFRs if they don't suddenly uproot themselves and move to one of the remaining offices (on their own dime, no less).
All that said, is there a legal case? Probably not. But it's hostile and reprehensible how they are rolling this out.
One could argue thag they were forced to "choose". I think it would actually hold up in court as some people dont have much of a choice if they are very far from an office. Either way its not a good look for Dell at all
It’s not discrimination if you choose to be remote. That is what gives them legal cover.