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Jun 2020
10:32am, 4 Jun 2020
1,165 posts
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Grast_girl
Agreed GG. I could work from home before, but rarely did because I found I was less productive. I've probably got over the worst of that now, but finding my resilience is being eaten away slowly by not being able to catch up/rant over coffee to just let things out. OH is therefore getting the brunt of my frustrations about work, which isn't fair on him.
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Jun 2020
10:54am, 4 Jun 2020
7,532 posts
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jda
Agree entirely jennyh and others, it won't happen overnight for many, at least not without a struggle. I'm thinking of the longer term when people consider house and job moves. If you aren't so tied down physically by a daily commute there are a lot more options and you tend to get more house for your money further away from the city centres.
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Jun 2020
11:20am, 4 Jun 2020
16,605 posts
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Bazoaxe
TMW. You reminded me of a blog from a senior manager a few years back which started off something like.
I am writing this from my luxurious home office Reclining on my leather chair at my antique oak desk with glorious view of the countryside. I can smell the freshly mowed lawn that my peasants are tending to.....
I don’t think the average office monkey read any further than that.
I may have embellished the words but that’s exactly how the communication landed.
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Jun 2020
11:31am, 4 Jun 2020
35,081 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I just miss the banter and the better sandwiches.
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Jun 2020
11:34am, 4 Jun 2020
34,840 posts
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DocM
There must be an online sandwich making course you could attend HG
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Jun 2020
11:41am, 4 Jun 2020
11,404 posts
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SarahWoo
I miss the banter too. I have become more used to working at home though. I suspect it will be harder when Mr W is back at work and not at home everyday - it will get more lonely.
We have an office in the loft which was created by the people who lived here before us - it does make a difference to be able to keep your workstation separate from the rest of the house. I worked at the dining room table at the start of lockdown and I wouldn't want to do that long term, for all sorts of reasons.
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Jun 2020
11:45am, 4 Jun 2020
17,618 posts
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EvilPixie
i miss the banter and background noise too
I also used to walk to speak to people rather than messaging so wfh means I have to consciously move
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Jun 2020
11:48am, 4 Jun 2020
9,772 posts
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Mandymoo
My office is my dining room table. It is cleared every day but works well
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Jun 2020
11:48am, 4 Jun 2020
11,405 posts
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SarahWoo
Know what you mean, EP. I move far less during the day now that I'm wfh.
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Jun 2020
11:58am, 4 Jun 2020
1,666 posts
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auburnette
I hate the lack of activity with wfh - like others I'm working more but moving less as I've lost all the walking I did to/from the office. Running and dog walking doesn't make up for it. We just bought a turbo (along with half the planet it seems) to try and add some more activity in as I can't increase the running without risking injury.
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