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Gabija Saveiskyte

“My Dog Was Simply Sitting”: Worker Maliciously Complies With No-Dogs Home Office Policy

Once not even an option for many, remote work became a new norm during the Covid years. But now, employed individuals seem to be in some sort of a limbo waiting for their companies to decide on a work model that’s here to stay.

Whether temporarily or not, many people are nowadays working from the comfort of their home, which they often share with family members or pets. Unsurprisingly, they can sometimes interrupt the workflow or accidentally show their faces during a video conference; usually, an important one.

With this redditor, it was their dog that their coworkers spotted during one of such calls. However, instead of being asked for a dog tax—a picture of the goodest boi in the household—they were given an official warning because of the company’s no-pet policy.

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