u/Embarrassed_Level774

The company I work at as a swe intern had it so that interns had a hybrid schedule. However, this year they made it so that interns are in-office 5 days a week. This decision was made by hr after an intern last year took advantage of their hybrid schedule (in short they basically were not doing anything while they were remote and some other things). This decision was generally disagreed upon (current interns, obviously), however it doesn’t directly affect current employees so it’s set in stone.

I received an offer to work part time at my company while in school which is great and all, however the five day in office policy has taken a bit of a toll on me because my commute is nearly two hours.

My part time schedule has me in office all 5 days to fit with my school schedule and to spend as much time in the office as possible, but it’s just silly to have to drive all the way to work when my entire team is at home.

Aside from the actual commute, I enjoy my job and the people I work with. That said, I am contemplating WFH when my team/company is home (during company remote days it’s just the interns in the office plus a handful of others ~ medium sized company so no one would notice).

On paper, the decision is pretty obvious which is to suck it up. As I write this I honestly just got curious about the logistics and the chance of getting caught.

A few times I asked my manger to work remote during the summer and it was just by word of mouth and he would approve it without a second thought.

I can’t imagine there’s a flag specifically for interns who are working out of office via their ip address, especially since it’d be stupid for someone ti get notified that someone like me was working WFH even when I got permission. Obviously IT / security can see this information, but I doubt they care since it’s really just HR who would give af at the end of the day.

As I mentioned I probably will just suck it up, but I was curious to hear others thoughts on the feasibility of this.

 am in the process of receiving a replacement for a lenovo legion 9i pro that was faulty soon after delivery. However, I am told now that the model is out of stock. At this point, I can just return the laptop for a full refund and reorder*. I don't mind doing that if it really comes to that, but the whole process has just been quite difficult. Plus, it doesn't make sense to reorder this laptop if it's out of stock (and then go through lenovo's egregious fulfillment again.

I'd rather wait for a replacement in the meantime, to which I was told is possible. However, I'm starting to have doubts if this is a waste of my time or not (basically weighing how much time I want to waste).

The one reason I don't to have to resort to getting an outright refund is because I got an amazing deal on this configuration. there are two possible outcomes i foresee if i just try to reorder: i reorder and the laptop is not stocked and I waste who knows how long to find this out and/or the price is not the same

I am in the process of receiving a replacement for a lenovo legion 9i pro that was faulty soon after delivery. However, I am told now that the model is out of stock. At this point, I can just return the laptop for a full refund and reorder*. I don't mind doing that if it really comes to that, but the whole process has just been quite difficult. Plus, it doesn't make sense to reorder this laptop if it's out of stock (and then go through lenovo's egregious fulfillment again.

I'd rather wait for a replacement in the meantime, to which I was told is possible. However, I'm starting to have doubts if this is a waste of my time or not (basically weighing how much time I want to waste).

The one reason I don't to have to resort to getting an outright refund is because I got an amazing deal on this configuration. I am fairly certain that if I return and reorder that 1) the laptop will actually not be available to buy again and 2) it will not be available at the same price I bought it.

I don't want to wait weeks just to find out they are never gonna help facilitate this process. If that is the case, I'll just return now (again I'd prefer to not have this be a waste of my time, as the original order was almost a week late, and I needed it for work).