Manager uses work from home option weekly, prevents employees from doing the same: 'The other departments use it no problem'

Up to a point, many people can accept the limitations that come from not being in the same position of management, but most will soon change their tune if it is a benefit that is supposed to be open to them as well. It is not fair to expect employees to avoid taking advantage of the rights that the company handbook affords them.

Nonetheless, there are supervisors out there who feel like they have the authority to tell their workers what they can and can't do, even if their contract says otherwise. Worst of all, it is not uncommon for their workplace to take their side, instead of advocating for their other employees. As a result, standing up to a manager like this can feel like fighting a losing battle.

One employee found themselves getting increasingly frustrated by the double standard set by their boss. In theory, everybody who worked in the office had the option to work from home once a week.

Despite the manager taking this option for herself, she forbade everyone who worked for her from doing the same. She claimed it was necessary for them to be in the office. The employee complained to the department head, but they appeared to side with the supervisor, despite the WFH policy working just fine in other departments.