To dislike WFH. Am I the only one?

I hate it. Left a job because of it actually. Obviously I work for money and stimulation but I also work for human contact and teams doesn’t cut it for me.

I love hybrid... I resent the commute and find it so stressful. Time in with my colleagues is fine to a degree to learn and go to meetings and after that I run out of patience.

I hate it. Always have even though I've run my own business for 20 years I've always paid for offices. I couldn't wait to get back out after Covid.

And now I'm going fully remote as I've finally built myself a beautuful outside office.

I realised I literally can't work in the house, I eat non stop, I potter, I go into "house mode" and clean and see things that need doing, and then the post man comes and the dogs need letting out.. it's non stop distractions, and I just rubbish a switching off.

I'm praying the distance between the office and house will work as it's saving me over 40k a year in transport and office rental.

This is my DH too. He'd never admit it but I really belief the isolation has affected his mental health massively.

I didn't like working from home. I lasted about 2 days. My job worked better when we were all together, finding out information was quicker and the service we provided was more efficient. But trying telling that to the people who liked being at home! I don't believe the majority of people who say they are more productive. It shouldn't make any difference.

Until I worked at home I genuinely had no idea how much time is wasted in offices. Office gossip, office politics, tea runs....and that's before you even factor in the commuting.

I dislike it. I concentrate much better in the office. So I go into the office. But I'll fight the corner of those who can WFH. We are all different and in a later stage of life, I may well be in their shoes.....

I know my son wasn’t a fan. He was fully WFH right out of Uni, and when he was laid off from the job (software) he specifically switched fields as he didn’t want to be WFH full time again. He found it very isolating.

I WFH 3/4 days. And just had a long spell doing 4/4 days at home and honestly it's sucked my soul out.

I'm very productive and have good performance so it isnt even that side of things , but I just feel so socially excluded. Even though I'm on teams meetings / talking all day , it's not the same as social contact!
I'm back into the office 1 day per week as of this week and omg I cannot wait!!

If it were closer I'd go in more often.

It's not for everyone.

I love working from home. I've never used work to socialise and my entire team are remote. We use teams for discussions and otherwise I just crack on! I love it.

YANBU. I don't mind it for days with lots of calls or sending emails, but for any work requiring real concentration and focus, I just can't do it from home.#

And yes, it's nice to dress up for work, less motivating to do it for the camera.

Not the only one no! My autistic dd is currently out of school and I'm having to work from home four days a week. I'm climbing the walls and feel so low. Like you I like to make myself look nice for a day at the office, grab a coffee on the way in, indulge in some office chatter etc.

I hate it too, I can avail of it some of the time but I prefer to come in. My colleagues think I’m weird.

I like a mix, so that is what I do.

I don't really understand posters who say "I hate it but no-one in my team goes in so there I no point in me going in". Surely that's a self fulfilling cycle?! And do people only talk to people in their team when in the office? Why?

As an adult, developing a social group takes effort, when wfh you have to be more conscious at making that effort

I have my own office space, with a proper desk, dual screens etc. It's a better set up than in the office tbh. I leave my 'office' at the end of the day and don't see any work related stuff until the next morning.

This is my set up too. I'm not a "people person" so don't miss the social aspect of it. I love the fact that the time I would have spent commuting is my time now, so I've gained an hour + a day.

I think everyone works differently. I am definitely more productive at home but this is due to my ADHD and ME. It's easier to pace myself at home, I don't have to waste energy on a commute and I'm in an introvert anyway so I'm not wasting energy on social interaction. For some people these things energise them instead of drain them. I think the problem is that people seem to insist that others must work the way they do - and this is just not fair.

I feel like you about it.
I think some people fib about being productive.

i dislike it

I really like it.
I work from home 3 days out of 4 and my office day is a Wednesday so breaks up the week nicely.
So much easier for childcare and this really helps with my anxiety.
But everyone is different.

I also get a lot more done at home as I talk to everyone in the office and get distracted 😂😂

Why do people insist that others must feel like them? Some people love it, some people hate it, some people aren't bothered. Just accept that we're all different, rather than trying to make out that all the people who love it actually secretly hate it. It's so tiring.

i work full time from home and I hate it. Yes it is convenient but it’s so boring and so lonely. If I was to go the office there is no one there and I’m not allowed to do meetings in shared spaces so. It’s just me.

I do have an office in the house which is a blessing but I also find it really hard to focus as there is always something that needs doing at home.

I use my commute and lunch time to clean and to sort stuff out whilst my husband goes to the pub and reads books and have peace and quiet.

it’s really isolating and dull.

I hear you - it's made me feel really boxed in and out of touch with the world. Wish I could connect with my WFH'ers in my area, but I'm just so socially lazy at this point

You’re not. There was a post like this a couple of days ago as well.

i like wfh maybe 1 day a week (I can get some washing done) and granted it does help me concentrate. Or half days if I’ve been out and about in the morning, or on days when I just need an extra bit of time in bed. But I have to go to a gym class or soemthing at lunch time.

wfh more than that makes me feel so drained, lethargic. My heads not in it. I really miss human interraction. I also had the oddest most awkward Xmas do with my work colleagues (we’re hybrid- work 1 day a week in the office and the rest wherever which usually means we’re separate). I hands down think that’s because we just don’t know each other.

Same here. So glad it's an option if needed but would never take a fully remote role. I am way less productive and I miss the human contact.

I love it. But I get my social interaction fix by working out before core hours or on my lunchbreak