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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Sir_apoc on 2023-08-11 21:02:28.

I work for a large tech company. Like many of the others, they’ve started the “return to office,” drums some months back. My classification was “virtual,” as I was hired onto a team that was always virtual, regardless of the pandemic.

When they started the RTO talk they targeted people/teams that had previously been in the office but went remote due to the pandemic. But we all suspected they’d come for everyone.

Sure enough this week they started having conversations with people designated as “virtual” about coming into the office. I’m 1.5-2 hours away and took this job because it was virtual, which allowed me to move to the country and find a more relaxing balance in life. I can take my dogs out multiple times a day, each lunch outside with them, and not deal with traffic as I had been in the past decade.

In any case, I was told that unless they approve an exception (which is rare) I have essentially 90 days before they’d take that as a voluntary resignation. I was candid and said that I didn’t plan to resign, but I’d consider it constructive dismissal, or work until they fired me. That is, unless, they were going to offer something for the resignation. That shitty thing is that I took this job at lower pay due to some stock incentives that still have one more year to fully vest. So no way I’m giving up unemployment insurance if they’re not offering a carrot to do so.

Anyways, just another good reminder that especially for these large companies you’re just a number. I’m happy I learned this years back and have been able to maximize my enjoyment and life balance during these last 3 years.