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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure why rto is so important to you ?  Many have been back for several years; others worked throughout the darkest days of the pandemic.  Go ahead and join the unemployed line.   People like you (who feel entitled) have caused the bloodbath unleashed by Trump (and no I’m not a Trump fan by any means). I hope you lose your job - then you will be happy to be at work [/quote]

Granted my DH (programmer) is 100% remote in the private sector, but what about people with disabilities? When I was 6 months pregnant I fell and tore a bunch of ligaments in my leg and broke three toes. If I hadn’t been able to work remotely, instead of being productive for another 3 months I would have needed unpaid leave (despite living in CA, as a Fed I don’t get disability). [/quote]

Could you explain more about why you couldn't come into the office after that injury?  Did you need to stay in bed?  I'm imagining that you could have used crutches or a wheelchair at the office, but maybe that wasn't an option for you?[/quote]

Carrying a laptop on crutches while 7 months pregnant and in winter weather (pouring rain where I am, so slippery) wasn’t ideally safe. My commute at the time was half a mile walk to the train station, 25 mins on the train, then 20 min walk to the office. My first child came a month early and I was on bedrest at the end. I’m guessing if I’d tried commuting that’s where the second pregnancy would have gone but who knows. I’m grateful I didn’t have to.

I previously had about 15 years of commuting daily (including pregnant and with an infant who attended a daycare near my office) so I know it can be done, I just don’t see the point of making people do it when their jobs can be done equally well at home and when that can be a great boon for hiring and retention. [/quote]

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