How long until layoffs start happening to those on a medical accommodation to work remotely?
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40 miles comment: WF can’t tell you where to live. As long as you can meet their ridiculous in office expectations, they could care less how long or how u get there. They are going after people with work from home accommodations by asking people to go through the whole process all over (ignore the fact they didn’t bother the last 4/5years to check in or recertify or even pose it as re certifying or offer alternative options etc. just ‘your dr need to redo this in the next 2 weeks’) THEN HR is offering a return to office option, but let’s you ease in it… regardless of what doctor recommends or building is on the before end of 2025 list… resulting in people quittin n saving Shart money
What kind of MEs will be accepted? Can type 2 diabetes be one?
Do they ever make exceptions to the exceptions to the exception?
Let's say an exception is made. But then an exception is made to that exception.
However, it's later determined that in order to bring the universe back in balance, an exception must be made to undo the most recent exception.
Someone should probably submit a Loudspeaker to get this resolved.
Whoever came up with that 40 mile thing for 100% WFH accomodation types is an insufferable cun+. Seriously. A truly evil human being.
We were told that if you have an accommodation, you are still held to the 40 mile rule. If you work from home due to an accommodation, and you live within 40 miles of your assigned hub, your job is safe. If outside 40 miles, you will be laid off and accommodation does t help you.
It's been happening for over a year now. I know multiple individuals who had ME's on file that were laid off.
Do they ever make exceptions to the exceptions?
It is already happening, if you have medical accommodation you will be asked to move to a core location. If you move your medical accommodation is not transferable, it will be reevaluated. My thought is, they will rescind it since the goal is for attrition.
What a D-I-P-S-H-I-T post, yeah DUH, you would be target right in the cross-hair, genius. Ain't no magic protection from "medical exemption"
We all go, just a matter of which fake excuses they roll out first.
Medical Exceptions are already being laid off.
The medical accommodation is for YOU as an individual. If the POSITION you are currently in is eliminated (due to location or efficiency or whatever) than your accommodation is irrelevant. Period, end of story.
If not in core city then I would think with all other wfh in non core city area or with all other hybrids in non core city.
If in core city, then you may not be getting laid off. They can change accommodations for you at any point so they could make it so they meet your accommodation in a core city office. If in a core city, this should be a discussion you have with your mgr and if they don’t know then their mgr etc.
I had am ME and was laid off along with my entire team (8 people total). Our roles went to India.
Those with ME are definitely not safe. In fact, it's a "clean" (lawsuit-proof) way for WF to dump the most vulnerable (many with protected-class disabilities), since they are swept up with others.
so long as you are still withon 40mi of an approved location for your group youll be fine. That doesn't mean you won't get laid off for a other reason though.
If you work remotely because of a medical exception, you’ll find out about any layoffs along with the rest of your team/department.
ME is not an immunity card so I would think already happening. You’re probably wondering if it’s disproportionate. Even if it was, I’m not sure MEs are a protected class?