Miss Manners: Employee offered a work-from-home option anticipates envy from in-office crew

@River News

Miss Manners: Employee offered a work-from-home option anticipates envy from in-office crew
@Topstories@Exmeter
  • 📰 njdotcom
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 17 sec. here
  • 4 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 63%

What do I say or do, if anything, in response to the inevitable feelings of resentment from employees to whom this tradeoff has not been offered?

Judith Martin, known as Miss Manners, answers a question about office envy when some employees are offered work from home option.DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a longtime employee of a company that has offered additional work-from-home days to IT workers willing to exchange their spacious and private offices for a desk in a shared room when working on-site. To skip the commute for an additional two days per week, I took advantage of this offer and gave up my office.

To avoid confusion, I’m always clear about when I’ll be working remotely and when I’ll be at the office in person. Asking Eric: I’d like to move to a retirement community but my husband would rather not ... what do we do?Dear Annie: 72-year-old learns that sweat attacks are caused by ‘fight or flight’ adrenaline rushes

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

njdotcom /  🏆 282. in US

@Topstories @Exmeter

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Miss Manners: Daughter’s boyfriend has rude and wasteful table mannersMiss Manners: Daughter’s boyfriend has rude and wasteful table mannersParents hate eating with their daughter’s rude boyfriend. Should they say something to him?
Read more »

Miss Manners: Our daughter’s boyfriend has lousy mannersMiss Manners: Our daughter’s boyfriend has lousy mannersAdvice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
Read more »

Miss Manners: Should I just put up with my daughter’s boyfriend’s bad table manners?Miss Manners: Should I just put up with my daughter’s boyfriend’s bad table manners?My husband says that if we want our daughter to keep visiting, we should just let this go.
Read more »

Miss Manners: ‘Take only the condiments and napkins you need,’ fast-food restaurant employee begsMiss Manners: ‘Take only the condiments and napkins you need,’ fast-food restaurant employee begsWhat about the ketchup packet their toddler had in their mouth but left on the table? Is the next guest supposed to use that?
Read more »

Miss Manners: Grocery store employee waits for tip that never comesMiss Manners: Grocery store employee waits for tip that never comesI told him “thank you” and asked him to place my items in the trunk. He (wore) a look that seemed to indicate he was waiting for a different response.
Read more »

Miss Manners: I miss my office friends now that we work from homeMiss Manners: I miss my office friends now that we work from homeLetter writer misses when they would make friends at work before the pandemic.
Read more »



Render Time: 2025-02-22 15:35:30