Corporate World – I noticed that the other people in my department called in sick the other day, and I am supposed to be remote in the afternoon. I assume I will need to stay at work, or at least will get that “fine, I guess” kind of response I’m used to that is to make you feel like crap and really owe someone.
Nope. I ask “do I need to stay this afternoon since everyone is out?”, I get an immediate wtf look. “No, why the hell would I make you stay? You asked to be out this afternoon, who would do that?”
I think partly corporate, partly position/manager, but I’ve never had that. It’s nice to not have that guilt/worry about being out of the office. If I make plans, well then they are made and no one is going to mess with them. I know it sounds odd, but it’s really crazy to me to have that much control at work and what I do. It actually makes you want to work harder, so they know what they are doing.