In a year from now if the world has returned to "normal", do you see yourself working from home or an office, and do you have any say in the matter?
Ben Halpern
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When things are back to normal, will you be working from home or in an office?
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Normal is at home and school for me.
Oh man, I hope that I can work a big chunk from home. I really like it. I am also able to spend way more time with my newborn baby (during work) and my commuting time is reduced. One or two days at the office is nice, but I hope I can start working from home for atleast three days a week.
I quite enjoy working from home, I'm more productive and I don't waste time on daily commuting and I get to spent more time with my family.
Being able to go to an office once in a while is nice because of all of the social interactions but in the long run I prefer working from home.
Same.
This embodies my feelings perfectly 🤗
This so sums up how I feel.
I want to work from home as I'm enjoying it, also it saves travel expenses and time for me, but maybe I have to go to the office.😕
I've enjoyed working from home for the most part, and would like to continue doing so.
Also, a few years back I made a doomed attempt to move back to the area where I grew up, and if I could work from home permanently I could do that without the grief of having to change jobs - I could just find a flat there and move in, continuing working the whole time.
A mix of both work culture and slightly tilted towards WFH instead of WFO.
The small company I work for has always been office-based when I first started working from home was discouraged with everyone preferred to be in the office. That changed last year with a policy to allow anyone who had been working for a company for a year to have the option to WFH for a day a week which I took advantage of.
I think a year from this will still be the case with people office-based for the most part as we were due to move into a brand new office the week after lockdown which unfortunuately still is probably a few weeks away yet.
I seemed to manage to keep my office position throughout. I think that these sorts of things will be determined unfortunately on how each company and other environment heeds the media and whether or not they do. I, for myself, have stopped.
I think companies will start seeing how much money they would save by having everyone working from home and will opt for temporary offices on specfic days, I mean if you can get the work done from home, why not?
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I'm hoping they'll let me work from home (despite living literally across the street from work). I find there are fewer distractions compared to an open-plan floor (you can see everyone moving about, hear them chatting or on the phone, etc.) I find I'm more relaxed when at home and get more done during the day. Hell, if they give us the option of permanent teleworking and that we don't have to live in the area, I might even consider moving to a place with a lower cost of living because CoL is becoming insane around here.
The hardest part of isolation for me has been not spending time with others and struggling to find a boundary to switch on/off from work since the bedroom has also become the office.
Our company always supported remote work so I had a nice balance of home-to-office days, but going zero contact hours has been surprisingly tough. Video calling is no replacement for time with work friends either.
It may be different story once the lifestyle goes back to normal outside of work, but for now it is pretty grim to reflect on!
Dennis, I've had the option to work from home for decades and found that I prefer to exercise the option to hang out with friends while getting the work done. I tried to share that perspective before Covid19 in this ... medium.com/@frankfont123/the-perfe...
If you have issues with the on/off part, It's good practice to set up a space dedicated to work only. If you have a laptop that means moving out of spaces you relax in. If you don't have the option of an extra work room, move to a quiet cafe to get your work done.
I enjoy working from home. There are way fewer interruptions than in an open office. Not to mention that I'm closer to family, I don't have to drive through endless traffic jams.
I would definitely stay at home.
Is this possible? I'm afraid not full time. Before Covid it was maximum 2 days per week (already not that bad!), we'll see if it changes and in which direction. But I know that top management was delighted to see that the productivity didn't drop, so probably they will trust as better.
I am 18 years old, but I will go back to hostel and continue my college rather then staying home for long.
I've never worked in an office, always remote so I'm looking forward to moving to Bangalore and working out of an office once I'm done with college next year. I was going to be on prem for a couple weeks during my semester breaks but...yeah. Really excited!
My daily commute to work took almost 2 hours off my day so I'm most likely going to prefer working from home. Plus I've really invested in making my personal space super productive.
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