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PSA: If your employer is forcing a return to the office and you’d rather quit, DO NOT QUIT. They are trying to save money by not doing layoffs. Make them fire you instead and make their pockets hurt. (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago

But wouldn't that be considered insubordination or misconduct, and thus, make you not eligible for unemployment?

[-] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It depends on where you are, contracts, etc. But if you can do the bare minimum to not get fired, that’s what you should be doing anyway, and they might even fire you for that.

They might make something else up, but you can fairly easily fight something like that and get what you are owed (eventually)

[-] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

To my knowledge, not having transportation to work is a valid reason to collect unemployment. If the office you're suppose to report to is an unreasonable distance from your house, I think that should work

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Sometimes making large changes to your working conditions and role are considered a soft form of firing. It either is, or is in the neighborhood of, constructive dismissal. It really depends on how friendly your state is to labor, though.