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^No. Anyone over 62 gets the discount. It isn't means tested for assets or income.
If you "feel terrible" because you can perfectly well "afford" to pay full price, then don't use the discount.
It may not be a direct analogy, but to me that'd be the same as someone who can well "afford" to retire feeling guilty for holding a job that someone else could use more.
Neither case is exploiting a policy or contract in one's favor.
Maybe off-topic, but does taking advantage of "senior pricing" for movies count? I am 65, perfectly active and healthy, and feel terrible when I punch the "over 62" button.
Have you been paying full price for movies from the age of 18 to 61? You've paid into the system then, right?
WFH would require either a space that I am not using for anything else (which costs money), or a willingness to sit in an extremely uncomfortable posture for hours on end.
I am a minimalist who doesn’t want to pay for more housing than I need. Even if I had to work from home 2 days a year, it would end up being either expensive or uncomfortable.
Don't you live alone? For some reason, I got that impression. I think you exaggerate how onerous it would be to WFH. I did it for a year and half slumped in my bed with my kitty by my side and my laptop balanced on an old inverted dishrack on my other side (to cool it). Not ergonomically ideal, but it sure didn't kill me...
You truly do seem to have a WFH phobia, and I think you admitted as much at one time.
Maybe seek documentation from a psychiatrist and claim an actual disability under ADA?
I honestly get it. As a single person living alone, my preference now that I no longer have a pet who needs me at home would also be to go into the office just for the social contact, but I think a hybrid arrangement would work fine even for me.
I agree with others that considering how important this is to you, it's really strange that you wouldn't specifically ask about it in the interview!
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How was this guy teleworking? Sounds more like he was just staying at home. To be teleworking you actually have to work.
As for the OP, maybe your "slacker" friend had a lot of personal time off to burn off before he retired. I know I had nearly a year of accrued leave that I ended up being monetarily compensated for but, in hindsight, wish I had used up over the years instead. That may be at least partially what he was doing. Unless you work in HR, you wouldn't be privy to the details. I can't imagine him calling coworkers and gloating over doing something "illegal."
Or he could be like the old employee who died at his desk and wasn't found for three days.
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^No. Anyone over 62 gets the discount. It isn't means tested for assets or income.
If you "feel terrible" because you can perfectly well "afford" to pay full price, then don't use the discount.
It may not be a direct analogy, but to me that'd be the same as someone who can well "afford" to retire feeling guilty for holding a job that someone else could use more.
Neither case is exploiting a policy or contract in one's favor.
Maybe off-topic, but does taking advantage of "senior pricing" for movies count? I am 65, perfectly active and healthy, and feel terrible when I punch the "over 62" button.
Why in the world would you feel terrible about utilizing something for which you legitimately qualify? They're not asking if you're perfectly healthy and active; they're asking if you're over 62. If you feel for whatever reason you don't deserve it or are somehow taking something away from someone else by accepting it, simply don't cop to being over 62; problem solved. I just hope you won't feel guilty about going on Medicare when you're 65 or SS at 70! Also, I'm not sure a merits a separate thread, because I've never heard of anyone else having this problem, but okay...
You can handle a pandemic without making the mitigation measures permanent.
In pre-COVID times, employers did not pressure employees to work from home this frequently. It's almost 2023 and just about every other aspect of society has returned to normal. Except that I seem to be unable to gain the freedom that I had before the pandemic - the freedom to simply assume I could always work in the office full-time and it would never be an issue.
That is what I want to have back. If I can get that back, then I may be willing to forgive it all and not be so opposed to following health measures in the future.
It isn't the fact that people didn't know how to respond to the virus that I am upset about. It is the fact that they lied about it being temporary.
It's been past two years since the height of covid.
Most that have WFH/Hybrid policies are no longer doing it as a "mitigation measure". Most are doing it as the result of a cultural change.
No officials lied to you. They say thing can go back to "normal" - and they can. Companies are simply choosing NOT to.
You're hoping/expecting that we simply go back in time. Which is fine. But society as a whole has changed. And anecdotally, your preference is in the minority. So most don't share your perspective. And because of that, you would be helping yourself more if you stated those preferences when you interview or look at new opportunities.
And realistically speaking - the opposite would be the same too. Anyone who has a strong preference for hybrid/remote work arrangements should also state them.
Why is this topic so important? Why do we care about people who milk policies?
The OP is clearly bothered by this person; I'd consider it more of a rant!
But the WFH resister's story is pretty interesting.
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