working from another office temporarily?
Need a bit of advice.
I’m currently in a policy role based in London, but I’ve had a tenancy fall through last minute, and I don’t want to rush into signing for somewhere else just because I’m under pressure.
I’m considering moving back home to Manchester for a month or so to give myself a bit of breathing space while I look properly. My current department has an office in Manchester, so I was thinking of asking whether I could work from there temporarily.
Is that a reasonable request? Has anyone seen this done before?
The only thing I’m unsure about is the London weighting. I obviously receive it at the moment, and I don’t know how that would be viewed if I wasn’t physically based in London for that month, even if it was only temporary and due to housing issues.
Any advice on how to approach this with my manager/HR would be really helpful.