I’m homeless and living in a shelter. I had recently attained a remote WFH tech support job which was perfect because I wouldn’t have to pay for transportation and they were providing me with the equipment I needed. I was sent a PC and monitor and I had tried setting it up in a semi obscured place in the shelter but the supervisor there informed me that I couldn’t continue to work this way because “they don’t know what I’m doing on it” which is a load of shit imo because they don’t know what anyone is doing on the internet.
I had to be connected to the internet via an Ethernet cable. I tried:
- going to the library (inaccessible router)
- going to a cafe
- going to a local college (company blocked captive portal)
- using a travel router (company literally blocked the connection once I set it up, called coworkers and they said the same thing)
I was finally able to find someone who was offering a private room just for work but by the time I was set up I had already received a notice of termination in my email.
I’m beyond furious at the shelter staff and I don’t know what I could have done to prevent myself from getting fired. I was to move into a place next week contingent on me keeping the job and getting my first paycheck but I had to contact my would be landlord yesterday to let him know that I can’t move in. I keep replaying this scenario and I don’t know what I could have done to not get fired. I guess I’ll go fuck myself.
location canada if relevant
What kind of travel router were they able to block if you were connected to it over ethernet? I would think connecting by ethernet to a travel router that connects to a wireless router as a repeater would work.
The reality is that you had access to reliable internet, but they would only allow certain types of reliable internet. So you would need to communicate what your options were and work with them, or chalk it up to being an incompatible match at this point.
It doesn’t sound like the shelter staff is at fault if they’re just following procedures. Perhaps showing them an offer letter would have made them feel comfortable in allowing it for a little while longer.
I hope you keep trying and find a good match. I wish you the best of luck!
The connection may be good enough to surf, but if a company says you must have Ethernet to work in their call center, they will be monitoring latency loss and jitter and wifi will be noticed, even if it’s some kind of tether / travel router.
Ah I see. I wasn’t sure what they could/would be monitoring. I still don’t understand how they would block it if the computer is only connected by ethernet.