Working From Home vs Office

[Master Raiden]

For companies that work for a corporation I imagine corporate probably breaths down the bosses throats just as much as the boss breaths down their workers throats.

Yeah, that's true. My manager said that he didn't want to be monitoring office attendance and the HR person admitted that most people weren't happy with the return-to-office mandate. I wonder how they feel about enforcing something they don't believe in.

Regarding logic, you can't expect much from them. The sad fact is most businessmen don't get where they are by being logical.
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They get where they are by having good connections, being lucky and knowing how to take credit for it, and when they are unlucky knowing how to pass the buck.

That's so unfair and unfortunate. Looking good seems to be more important than actually being good, I suppose.

For one, you can show other coworkers what you're going through. For two, it is always possible that your boss and/or HR may say something illegal. They may make promises (contracts) that they later break, or work you more hours than you're being paid, or work you more hours than they're legally allowed to, ect. Always some labor law they might break if they're toxic. It is also possible that they may go too far in a fit of rage and say/do things that can be the basis for a "Hostile Workplace Environment" lawsuit.

That's a good idea, especially when HR is the one coming at me. Normally when people do things to you in the workplace, you'd report it to HR. But it wouldn't make sense report HR's conduct to themselves in this case, so I have no one to turn to right now.

Thanks for taking the time to respond, by the way.