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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Idk why I can’t quit this but I genuinely hope this will be my last time defending myself from this level of insanity. I wish I could high five the few people who I feel like live on the same planet as I do - thank you :)

OP, the terrible, here.

For my previous maternity leave with my fake first born, it was during the height of COVID. I went back after six months, cried most days for a long time and sucked it up because I still got to WFH as it was the height of the pandemic.

[b]My employer no longer allows me to WFH and the answer to that request is a [u]definite[/u] no.[/b] And after fighting to get myself from a very dark place after my first, I know there has to be a better way for me to go back.

So again, I was looking for experiences of those who extended any amount of leave. I am unsure where i said that my grand plan was to ask for an indefinite amount of time, but many have certainly taken that and run with it.

At this point anything I say is only pouring gasoline on this dumpster fire. This has definitely been an eye opening experience. I can see now why America is the way it is. So sad. [/quote]

Ugh, that "definite" no tells me that your employer most likely wants you back in the office... at all costs, OP.

I don't know who you work for, but after having to make it mandatory that everyone comes back after covid (and probably dealing with some of your colleagues being extreme holdouts) management is most likely sick & tired of (in their view) employees making personalized ala cart requests for where they want to work and only thinking of themselves, and not at all what's best for the company too.

I'm not saying thats how they feel about you... I'm saying that most companies who required employees to be back in the office, had to deal with many employees not wanting to return and trying to extend WAH for as long as they possibly could.
I imagine they probably had people that had to be threatened to come back to the office?

After going through the time, energy and mental frustration of mandating everyone back into the office, I cannot imagine that they'll be open to granting this request, as that "definite" no means that a) you weren't the first person to ask to WFH, b) they were most likely sick of all the requests and c) they were trying to tell you that is was a hard NO, no matter what you say.

If that's the case, they'll definitely be worried about starting a precedent with you, as that would leave them open to others trying to do something similar.

They may be concerned about the optics of allowing it.🤷‍♀️

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