An Australian woman who quit her 9-to-5 job to become a digital nomad has warned job seekers to be wary of employers offering flexible working hours.
Cassie, 31, recalled a conversation she had with another WFH worker about ‘boomer bosses’ holding back younger workers in a TikTok uploaded on September 30.
The two talked about how “flexible work hours” typically meant workers had the option of starting at 8 or 9 a.m.
Cassie quit her office job in Queensland after discovering she was being undervalued when her manager wouldn’t let her work from home.
Flexible and remote working arrangements became very popular during the coronavirus lockdowns, where many employees were forced to work remotely from home.
Cassie, who now works as a virtual assistant, told her followers that jobs promoting flexible options are “red flags” that don’t offer true work-life balance.
In the final days of her office job, Cassie was asked by her boss to stay for one last task, which she asked to complete remotely.
When the boss told her she had to do it from the office, Cassie quit on the spot and began traveling the world while working from her laptop.
Cassie, 31, warned job seekers to avoid applying for positions that advertise “flexible working hours” because they are likely to be misleading.
Cassie said the conversation with the other remote worker made her realize that boomer bosses are holding young workers back.
‘It made me think about how out of touch these Boomer bosses are. “They are very against you working from your laptop,” he said.
“We live in a very digital world and it is very easy to be able to work from anywhere, but they are very against it.”
When her former boss told her that “the business doesn’t allow you to work from home,” Cassie said it was a turning point in her relationship with work.
‘You are the one who needs my help. I’m not going to change my plans and stay here longer to come to the office. “If you’re not going to give me the flexibility to be able to work from my laptop, then goodbye,” he said.
Upon leaving he also learned that some of his Her less experienced colleagues were paid more than her, which she he told news.com It was the ‘final blow’.
Cassie now performs her work duties from the comfort of Thailand, where she works remotely throughout the day.
The Queenslander spoke to another remote worker about flexible working and they agreed that most of the time it means workers have the option of starting at 8am or 9am.
Cassie now works remotely after leaving her old office job when her ‘boomer boss’ refused to let her work from home (file photo)
The self-employed businesswoman, who also traveled to Singapore, Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia this year, said she would never work 9-5 again.
“Depending on where I’m traveling and what’s going on, I work a little bit in the morning or at night so I can get out and enjoy the best part of the day,” he told the publication.
A corporate leader commented on Cassie’s video and was among many who agreed.
‘I tell my team to work from wherever and whenever they want. “If an employer isn’t like that, I would encourage anyone to look for a new one,” one employer wrote.
But several workers warned that it’s not always boomer bosses who limit a worker’s right to a flexible arrangement.
“My boss is not a boomer, he is from Generation Y, like me, and that is exactly how he is,” one woman commented.
“I have to make a sacrifice to the gods and schedule it a month in advance for a work-from-home day.”
A second said: ‘I had a fellow millennial boss who was exactly the same as a boomer boss.
A third wrote: “Bosses do that so they feel like they still have a purpose for their work.”
