Going into the office 5 days a week!

I agree with this - shows unnecessary inflexibility. I wouldn't work for a company like that unless I had just graduated or was in need of a job asap.

Id take the job, it sounds perfect.

I work from home 95% of the time, my office is about a 45 min drive away.

But if my office was only a 2 minute drive (10-15 min walk?) I would go 5 days in the office in a heart beat. I think it’s good to separate work and home, have a change of scenery everyday.

That’s different then and not the scenario that the OP is suggesting. I hope that the change in work landscape from COVID has really helped disabled people have greater opportunities to work in an environment that works for them.

Indeed. I’m an NHS Consultant and my day consists of planned appointments and meetings. I wouldn’t be doing more if I was in the office. In fact it’s often harder to get things like admin done then, because people are always wanting to chat and discuss things. I’m far more effective WFH.

2 minute commute sounds bloody dreamy.

I can understand your perspective but more and more jobs are requiring full time in the office. Unless you are really happy in your job, WFH full time employment is getting harder and harder to come by.

Disability

Very convenient for disabled people. I agree. Would you prefer I not work?

I've worked several. Sorry you can't imagine anything you haven't personally experienced yourself.

In any event, with any job there comes an end of the day even if there is more to do the following day- why is 8 hours the magical cutoff point for you to down tools? Because some guy in the 1920s decided so?

I agree. This is the main reason I work from home.

I don't do childcare and WFH at the same time. But WFH allows me to do the school run and use wraparound care that I wouldn't be able to if I was a full day in the office.

E.g. I can start at 8.45 after normal school run but if I had to commute after that I couldn't start till after 10. And I can leave DC in after school club till 5.30 having worked till 5.15 but if I left the office at 5.15 I wouldn't be home till at least 6.30, an hour after ASC kicks out.

Hmm for me it wouldn’t be the office work itself, especially with that commute. But why is it full time in the office? I assume your job can be done from home (since you’ve been hybrid until now), so are they old fashioned? Inflexible? Focused on presenteeism?

Full time in the office makes me question the management.

Indeed. I work fully remotely and have young DC, there is no way I could work and look after them at the same time and I wouldn’t want to try!

Believe me, many employers are aware they need to offer more than just a competitive salary.

I wfh 3 to 4 days but don't mind going into the office. Hate the hour + commute though, so in your shoes, with a great job and zero or minimal driving in, I'd snap it up

A two minute commute is nothing. It’s more of a mindset thing I think because with that short a drive you can pop home for lunch to do the sort of thing you did while WFH. I’d take the job for sure - you won’t get a better commute than that!

I wouldn’t take a job that was full time in the office. We need one of me or DP at home every day for nursery pickups once DC starts in Jan!

I'd assume it’s not a very progressive company / potentially controlling culture if they don’t trust employees to work from home like adults.

To echo PPs - surely a 2min drive = walkable??

I'd say YANBU if its a 45 minute commute like my workplace was, but as its only two minutes down the road, YABU. Have you got any medical conditions that could make it a reasonable adjustment?

It's an employer's market these days. Most employees are easily replaceable. Including 'the best'.

If someone can get their work done in 4 hours and then put a wash on, I'd argue they're a more valuable and productive member of your team than someone who needs 8 hours of presenteeism in the office to produce the same work.

What exactly are these jobs where there are specific and finite amounts of work to be completed each day and nothing more to be done that day once that number is reached?

I've never been in any office where I've been allocated say 10 files per day and my work is "done" that day.

Except these days employers need to offer more than just salary to recruit and retain the best people. Culture and flexibility are a large part of people deciding whether to take a job, not just how much they'll get paid 🙄

Wearing high heels is a choice, not a necessity. So not a good enough reason to avoid walking.

A lot of people here assuming that anyone who WFH is a workshy chancer, which is incredibly incorrect.

Time spent working is not the measure of a productive member of staff, output is. If someone can get their work done in 4 hours and then put a wash on, I'd argue they're a more valuable and productive member of your team than someone who needs 8 hours of presenteeism in the office to produce the same work.

The 8 hour workday was invited by a man several hundred years ago, based on societal norms, the hormones and body clock of men, and the types of jobs available then. We have come on a long way and yet we still hold this up as the gld standard of productivity- why?

I also don't think you have to be sat at your computer for 8 straight hours to be providing value to your bosses, unless that is what your role specifically requires. I am self employed, I work 5 hours a day 4 days a week and produce more work and earn more money than I ever did in a full time employed position.

Yes you're going to get people who take the piss, as you do in any job, with any working location requirement. That's a hiring and a management problem, not a remote working one.

My workplace takes a very dim view of anyone not using child care when they're "working" from home.

Because…?