Boss Wants You to Return to the Office: Stoicess’ Poem

June 25, 2024

You’ve been on the job for over a year,
everything’s going smoothly with all job requirements being crystal clear.

That is, until last month the boss started nagging everyone to return to their office workplaces,
but you were hired as a remote position with reporting to the office on a periodic basis.

In fact, your manager-to-be said during your job interview,
you’d never need to report to the office for this position since “Covid will never be through”.

But now things have changed, comradery is suffering and work’s not getting done on time;
these are the words of management as they try to get everyone in line.

Notwithstanding, you notice that the company continues to hire people from all over the country,
allowing them to work remotely if not stationed locally – as you told the boss quite bluntly.

So, the boss turned to guilt tripping to get the locals in line,
but you know from training with the Stoicess that management will lose as employees begin to leave one-by-one over time.

For the guilt tripping statements the boss is making to cause everyone to feel bad about how they are acting,
lead to resentment, emotional distance, distrust, feelings of unfair dealing – each impacting how employees are reacting.

However, truth be told, one must set boundaries when dealing with another’s degradation,
and enforcing those boundaries is an act of wisdom on your part and not an act of insubordination.

For Apostle Paul said to “put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground,
and after you have done everything, to stand” – this advice you have always followed, so you will not be kicked around.

And if the boss subsequently presses you with the “Why” question, you simply respond,
“I’m protecting our relationship by being truthful with one another as we always are when we correspond”.

And if the boss doesn’t buy in to this response?
Well, what you say next doesn’t really matter, because it’s time move on as you orchestrate your own personal renaissance.

I’m Lori Stith, The Stoicess,
AND I believe in YOU!