Archive · 28 Nov 2025
Remote Employee's Apartment Turns into Company Storage
A person who works from home found their apartment filling up with office supplies from their company.
It started with a few monitors but soon included cables, a big chair, and even a heavy filing cabinet.
The employee got upset because their small apartment wasn't meant to be a storage space.
They told their company to find a proper warehouse for the supplies.
This story shows why it's important to respect people's homes when they work remotely.
A remote employee's apartment was used to store company office supplies.
The situation escalated from a few monitors to a filing cabinet.
The employee refused the delivery of the filing cabinet.
The company arranged proper storage in a warehouse.
The incident sparked discussions about respecting boundaries in remote work.
- Who
- A remote employee and their company
- What
- The employee's apartment was used as a storage unit for company supplies
- When
- After being remote for two years
- Where
- The employee's one-bedroom apartment
- Why
- The company assumed the employee could store items due to being remote
- Employee Status
- Remote for two years
- Initial Request
- Temporarily store a couple of extra monitors
- Items Received
- Six monitors, a box of cables, a giant office chair, and a metal filing cabinet
- Employee's Response
- Refused the delivery of the filing cabinet and demanded proper storage
- Company's Action
- Arranged proper storage in a warehouse
- Discussion Sparked
- Respecting boundaries and treating remote employees' homes as private spaces