Do all MNs wfh or in an office?

I’ve never had the kind of job that can be done at home, no. Retail, hospitality, education, support work and now fitness instructing. In all cases I have had to go somewhere and work face to face with people. Just as well really because if I worked at home I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t do anything at all. I have huge issues with undiagnosed ADHD focus.

I've wfh since we moved here in 1995 - I write software so the job was exactly the same as when I was in an office. When I had DD I continued to work FT - we were fortunate enough to be able to afford a nanny for full time childcare. Then when DD started school I dropped to half time so my work fitted within her school day/school run time
The only difference now is that thanks to zoom I have to attend more meetings but not too many as the rest of the team are in California ... I don't have to visit the office except once in a blue moon!

I’m hybrid so both. Couldn’t do a full week in the office.

Healthcare so I have to go in to work. I'm really lucky that we home educate the kids so I don't have to sort all the school stuff, it looks very stressful.

Loads and loads of teachers on Mumsnet

But also most people who WFH or in an office use wraparound childcare.. we do even on WFH days

I worked in an office environment for almost all my working life with the occasional trip to Parliament and conferences.

I work in kitchen manufacturing. Cant build kitchens from home

I'm a hca in an amu/sdec (sort of a&e overflow and take gp admissions too).

12.5 hour days four days a week (or nights)

Oh to be able to chuck my laundry on while at work!

Exdp is a scientist and works in a lab, also 12 hour shifts.

We juggle childcare between us, grandparents, friends etc.

I'm a dog walker. No real commute (my furthest job is five minutes drive away) and I set my own hours - generally 8.30-2, Monday-Thursday and a half day on a Friday.

I don't have DC but it would actually fit pretty nicely around school hours if needed.

I do wfh but I'm pretty much the only person I know in real life who does. My mum works in hospital research which is patient facing. Other family members have jobs such as TA, supermarket manager, bar staff, doctor receptionist. Out of my closest friends, 2 also work in a hospital, one is an estate agent and one is a teacher.

I left education and deliberately chose an office based job where I mostly
wfh. It’s absolutely glorious and I have no regrets whatsoever.

I was WFH but I was made redundant and couldn't find another WFH position. The competition was too high. Literally hundreds of applicants would apply within minutes of the role being posted.

I'm back in an office now and I quite enjoy it. I'm not sure I would like to WFH again. I suppose I would if I was in the same office, doing the same tasks every day but atm I am walking around site, meeting different people in a role which exposes me to hardware issues as well as the usual software issues I was used to dealing with, which I'm really enjoying. I've always loved taking things to bits and putting them back together.

Is going to work in an office not going out to work?

Theres a bit more to it than sitting on zoom meetings I would imagine.

Lots of teachers and TAs on Mumsnet.

They have to be in person

I'm a specialist midwife, so although there is scope to WFH, I usually work in the hospital. My work can be quite full on so I quite like being able to keep it out of my home. I do the occasional day at home when I am doing online study days or am catching up on admin. Less than once a month.

I also work in a lab so it doesn't lend itself to working from home.

I work from home - around 25 hours a week over 3 days usually. (Self employed.) Sometimes in the dining room, sometimes in the garden if it's nice.

WFH for me (we own a business). Absolutely love it.

I'm an NHS consultant so am in hospital at least 3 days a week. I am at least allowed to do my admin from home now. I do long clinical days so effectively work compressed hours, FT over 4 days a week.

On my clinical days, DH (who has a much more flexible job with a university) does all the school runs. I make the kids breakfast and then run out the door!

I’ve worked from home for 8 years since my DC were babies. I’m honestly sick of being at home all the time and would love to be back in a work place with colleagues but the convenience of wfh just wins every time, no commuting costs, no childcare issues. Once kids are teens I’ll quit wfh for sure.

Forums will always be best frequented by people sat at computers all day

I used to work in the office 5 days a week. Walk the kids to breakfast club, catch a bus to work, same back and walk to get them from after school club. It was such a long day for all of us and I hated it. I did all the housework at 10 o'clock at night. I put in flexible working requests many times and always denied. It wasn't until the pandemic where we were forced to work from home, that work from home ever became an option for me. I now work somewhere else and got a fully remote contract which is like gold dust around here. I'm no longer pooling annual leave together with my husband to cover childcare. I feel very fortunate.

Couldn't think of anything worse than WFH 😃

I work from home three or four days a week, and go into the office one or two days. As my actual job is exactly the same whether I’m at home or in an office, I don’t find one any less arduous than the other. A meeting on Teams requires my full attention in exactly the same way as a meeting in person. My commute isn’t especially long and the dress code at my office is casual.

I don’t have kids but if I did, I would need ‘wraparound’ childcare during my full working hours whether I was at home or not. I couldn’t just pop out for a school run at 3pm or keep an eye on a child while also doing my job. Neither could I get housework done during the working day - certainly not more than, eg, unloading the dishwasher during my lunch break, anyway.

I wfh in admin but as a new starter I don't think I'd be allowed to wfh as often as I do now. It's (and I suspect this is true for many people) a hangover from covid, the company know they'll lose people if they start asking us back into the office after expecting us to suddenly wfh whilst having kids at home and all that was going on. We didn't even have any equipment for home working back then, we were all just sent home one day. I had to buy a laptop to be able to work. They invested a lot of money in supporting flexible working for all staff but any new staff coming in would definitely be expected to make more of an effort to come in.