By Fatima Calderon
I mean this post as an actual question to (any) readers.
In a former job I asked my female boss to let me work more
from home. She gave me a resounding no. This is a job where I had been consistently
improving sales performance for the whole company during the previous five
years. My bosses had frequently praised me for my work and productivity.
And this was a boss who herself had taken A LOT of time off
and had worked from home too
to take care of each newborn or to pursue other
personal projects. So I thought she could relate to my present circumstances
(it wasn't a new kid), which had me taking a lot of time off (about 2 days per
month but spread out as 2-4 hours each week) and had me under a lot of stress
because of, in part, all the running around back and forth between home and the
office.
I explained that I wouldn't be working from home every day,
and I even offered to take a salary reduction to compensate for the
flexibility. But she gave me a no even before I finished talking. She said it
wasn't the image the company wanted to portray (I should had questioned what
she meant because I suspect she meant she didn't want the other employees
getting the wrong idea).
I quickly left the company after that and I am now happily working
mostly from home –and to a male boss at that.
My question is, was I wrong to be shocked by that no and
if I shouldn't have expected special support and understanding from my female
boss.
Do any of you relate, have similar stories or advice on this
regard?
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