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We’ve talked about working from home before, as to whether you should request to work from home, when to request to work from home, and how not to work from home. How about using your best judgment when it comes to assessing whether you should work from home or not? Many managers give their teams the option of “using their best judgment”, or to assess whether or not their current situation warrants working from home. When the decision is on you, do you just live it up and call it a Snow Day, or do you exercise caution in the matter? After all, you can either end up looking like you’ve got absolutely no life and had to come to work under a raging storm, or that you’re the team’s lazy bum who bails out and chooses to connect remotely while sipping on OJ sangria on the couch (with a side of your favorite daytime shows, of course)?
My $0.05: Frankly, I’ve always wondered what “best judgment” exactly means in these instances. Honestly, my “best judgment” is to stay home and not have to trek in a foot of snow while praying for my life, and actually do some work in the comfort of my old couch, but that’s just me…
I think as a new employee still proving yourself, you may want to do your best to come to work, as long as you feel safe. Once you’ve earned the trust of your peers and managers, and are more comfortable having more professional latitude, you may want to test the waters more and assess how much your decision affects the department work-wise.
Do you use your “best judgment” in such cases?
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