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Controversy | Claims boss fired employee for THIS

Claims boss fired employee for THIS
Claims boss fired employee for THIS

Working from home can come with a wealth of challenges such as technical hiccups, physical aches and pains due to improper desk equipment and the blurring or work-life balance.

The challenges may be particularly heightened if employees are working from home with kids and have to juggle, childcare, home-schooling and working simultaneously.

Despite this, a working mum-of-two claimed that she was fired from her job after her boss became fed up with her children being around during work calls.

The Sun reported that the blogger and account executive from California started working remotely in March due to the pandemic and was juggling work with caring for her children.

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