Dealing with Unit Head's Opposition to Work from Home
My company policy allows one day of work from home (WFH) per week. However, my unit head is against it and discourages it. He declines WFH requests from junior employees, stating they cannot work independently, hence no WFH. As a senior employee, I haven't utilized WFH much, but my unit head has approved my requests whenever I've applied. Recently, he mentioned that he wouldn't approve WFH if workloads are less. He also claimed that our company offices in other countries have already stopped WFH, but I'm not sure if this is accurate. I straight away told him that I prefer to work from home every week, but he is discouraging and becoming temperamental during discussions. Fact is, I cannot commute to the office all five days since my commute is long, and summer is approaching. How should I handle this situation? I work in India.
My company policy allows one day of work from home (WFH) per week. However, my unit head is against it and discourages it. He declines WFH requests from junior employees, stating they cannot work independently, hence no WFH.
As a senior employee, I haven't utilized WFH much, but my unit head has approved my requests whenever I've applied. Recently, he mentioned that he wouldn't approve WFH if workloads are less. He also claimed that our company offices in other countries have already stopped WFH, but I'm not sure if this is accurate.
I straight away told him that I prefer to work from home every week, but he is discouraging and becoming temperamental during discussions. Fact is, I cannot commute to the office all five days since my commute is long, and summer is approaching.
How should I handle this situation? I work in India.
