An employee was left stunned after receiving a brutal reply from their boss after asking to work from home.

The employee was suffering from hay fever and hoped to avoid the office while being a “snotty and coughing mess”.

However, their boss demanded then to either come into the office or take a sick day as firms across the globe are pushing for employees to return to the workplace after the Covid pandemic.

A screenshot of the pair’s conversation was posted on an Instagram page called The Aussie Corporate, a business resource and gossip site.

The initial message read: “Morning, will be working from home today. Hay fever got me bad last night so I’m still a snotty/coughing mess.

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“Got plenty of partners private and implementations to keep me going in terms of workload today.”

However, the boss sent a blunt response and said: “Morning, I am sorry you’re suffering from hay fever, I just want to let you know that I’ve been informed by (name hidden) previously that team members are not allowed to work from home for reasons such as this.

“It’s been previously explained to me, that if a team member feels they are well enough to work from home, then they are well enough to work from the office.”

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The boss added: “You’ll either need to come into the office for the day and work, or alternatively take today off as sick leave” and asked the employee to let them know which they prefer.

The screenshot asked followers if they thought the response was reasonable or not. It was concluded that 68 percent of people thought it was unreasonable, whereas 10 percent thought it was reasonable, reported Mirror.

Employers aren’t able to ‘force’ employees to take a day off sick, however, they can suggest taking sick leave if they are a health and safety risk to others.

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The rise in companies offering people to work from home has hugely increased since Covid lockdowns, and many people are now working either permanently from home or in a hybrid role working both from home and in the office.

Although reports suggest that the work-from-home ‘trend’ may be coming to an end in Australia.

A global survey conducted by consulting firm KPMG found that two-thirds of CEOs and bosses in Australia believe that ‘white-collar’ traditional roles would return to working in the office full-time within the next three years.

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