When things are back to normal, will you be working from home or in an office?

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?

Comments

[Loralighte]

Normal is at home and school for me.

[Kevin Pennekamp]

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.

[Bobby]

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.

[Aakriti]

Same.

[Gage]

This embodies my feelings perfectly 🤗

[Mark Nicol]

This so sums up how I feel.

[Ishaan Sheikh]

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.😕

[Matthew Daly]

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.

[Nitin Reddy]

A mix of both work culture and slightly tilted towards WFH instead of WFO.

[Chloe]

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.

[Katherine M. Moss]

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.

[Rus Kuzmin]

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?

Also, check your messages please!

Thanks for posting

[Michel Renaud]

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.