Elizabeth* had been working a remote job in public relations for about six months when the business decided everyone should work from the office.
But the office wasn’t an office — it was a terrace house without a kitchen or proper office chairs.
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When Elizabeth, 30, took on the role at the Sydney company, it was advertised on traditional job sites as a remote position.
After going on Christmas break, management decided that staff should work together once more — but in a bizarre choice, did not get everyone to reunite in a traditional office space.
Instead, Elizabeth and her colleagues worked from the home, where they did not …