how to ask for telecommuting option in an interview

[Anonymous]

I am looking for better job opportunities basically for better pay and flexible schedule.
I have an upcoming face to face interview.
want to know if the company offers telecommuting one or two times a week.
How can I bring this telecommuting option discussion in the face to face interview?
I do not want to accept the job offer if working from home is not allowed mainly because of almost 30 mile one way commute.
This is an IT job.

I could not find this company review in glass door.

[Anonymous]

You go to the interview, you have the technical interview. At the end when they ask if you have any questions or would like to discuss anything else, you ask if there is someone you can ask about benefits available to employees. They will let you know if you can ask about it then or if they will have someone from HR call you back after the interview. If all goes well and they are still interested in you as a candidate, they will make sure that you get to talk to someone in HR before an offer is extended. You can ask the HR person about whether the company supports telework and if that job has telework as an option.

[Anonymous]

Wait until you get the offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you get the offer.

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[Anonymous]

Someone just asked something similar recently, and as two people have said, wait till the offer hits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you get the offer.

+1

NP but I waited until I got my offer. Their answer was vague "teleworking is available to all employees depending on your performance." I pressed hard for more information and none ever came out. Turns out boss hates telework. I'm two years in and recently I got one day a month of telework. I feel conned. There has to be a better way to find out before you even apply or interview.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you get the offer.

+1

NP but I waited until I got my offer. Their answer was vague "teleworking is available to all employees depending on your performance." I pressed hard for more information and none ever came out. Turns out boss hates telework. I'm two years in and recently I got one day a month of telework. I feel conned. There has to be a better way to find out before you even apply or interview.

+1 At my job, telework depends on the supervisor and it is considered a privilege, not a benefit.

[Anonymous]

I recently had a candidate turn down an offer because we didn't offer telecommuting, which she didn't bring up until after the offer was made. Our office does not offer telecommuting, period. If she had told me it was a dealbreaker in the first of three interviews, I wouldn't have wasted her time/PTO/excuses for missing work.

If it is a dealbreaker for you (as opposed to something that you would weigh against compensation or other perks), I think you should bring it up in your first interview, as part of a question about benefits. Ask about the benefits package. If telecommuting is an option, it will most likely be listed here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently had a candidate turn down an offer because we didn't offer telecommuting, which she didn't bring up until after the offer was made. Our office does not offer telecommuting, period. If she had told me it was a dealbreaker in the first of three interviews, I wouldn't have wasted her time/PTO/excuses for missing work.

If it is a dealbreaker for you (as opposed to something that you would weigh against compensation or other perks), I think you should bring it up in your first interview, as part of a question about benefits. Ask about the benefits package. If telecommuting is an option, it will most likely be listed here.

You should mention that in the ad. Teleworking is very standard now and it's strange for a job to absolutely refuse to offer it.

My job doesn't list telework as a benefit, it's more of an option and would be verbally mentioned. They wouldn't put it down in writing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you get the offer.

+1

NP but I waited until I got my offer. Their answer was vague "teleworking is available to all employees depending on your performance." I pressed hard for more information and none ever came out. Turns out boss hates telework. I'm two years in and recently I got one day a month of telework. I feel conned. There has to be a better way to find out before you even apply or interview.

+1 At my job, telework depends on the supervisor and it is considered a privilege, not a benefit.

Definitely they should make it clear in the interview.
In one of my previous employments, I was told in the interview that there is "work from home" option available at least twice a week.
This was told by project manager. After working there for 6 months, I asked if I can work from home once a week, resource manager/team lead never approved.
He said "work from home" option is available only on need basis. and he apologized that project manager passed on wrong information in the interview.
It was kind of unfair because all the people reporting directly to project manager had work from home option and all the people directly reporting to resource manager/team lead did not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you get the offer.

+1

NP but I waited until I got my offer. Their answer was vague "teleworking is available to all employees depending on your performance." I pressed hard for more information and none ever came out. Turns out boss hates telework. I'm two years in and recently I got one day a month of telework. I feel conned. There has to be a better way to find out before you even apply or interview.

+1 At my job, telework depends on the supervisor and it is considered a privilege, not a benefit.

That's because telework is a privilege. Dealing with employees who think telework is a right is obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you get the offer.

+1

NP but I waited until I got my offer. Their answer was vague "teleworking is available to all employees depending on your performance." I pressed hard for more information and none ever came out. Turns out boss hates telework. I'm two years in and recently I got one day a month of telework. I feel conned. There has to be a better way to find out before you even apply or interview.

+1 At my job, telework depends on the supervisor and it is considered a privilege, not a benefit.

That's because telework is a privilege. Dealing with employees who think telework is a right is obnoxious.

lol good luck with that you old fart, it's a requirement for anyone under 40

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you get the offer.

+1

NP but I waited until I got my offer. Their answer was vague "teleworking is available to all employees depending on your performance." I pressed hard for more information and none ever came out. Turns out boss hates telework. I'm two years in and recently I got one day a month of telework. I feel conned. There has to be a better way to find out before you even apply or interview.

+1 At my job, telework depends on the supervisor and it is considered a privilege, not a benefit.

That's because telework is a privilege. Dealing with employees who think telework is a right is obnoxious.

This view by an employer would bring up all sorts of red flags for me. I absolutely wouldn't take a job where the boss said this (I don't like to telework either). Makes me think the boss would be a hard ass on other issues. Or if I was house bound due to a surgery he would let me be on leave without pay instead of allowing telework (seen that in person).

The only jobs that shouldn't allow telework are those where you physically need to be there (doctors, nurses) or it's a top secret job where it's not allowed.

[Anonymous]

I think it should be asked in a way of asking about "flexible schedules".

Why would you wait until you get the offer? You get the offer and then ask if you can telework and they say no. That's a waste of everyone's time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you get the offer.

+1

NP but I waited until I got my offer. Their answer was vague "teleworking is available to all employees depending on your performance." I pressed hard for more information and none ever came out. Turns out boss hates telework. I'm two years in and recently I got one day a month of telework. I feel conned. There has to be a better way to find out before you even apply or interview.

+1 At my job, telework depends on the supervisor and it is considered a privilege, not a benefit.

That's because telework is a privilege. Dealing with employees who think telework is a right is obnoxious.

lol good luck with that you old fart, it's a requirement for anyone under 40

I'm 29. I don't mind telework, but when employees start acting like it's their right to telework, I get annoyed. Telework is a privilege. Boo friggin hoo if you have to come in to the office for a meeting on your telework day. Suck it up and deal like an adult.