Going into the office 5 days a week!

Take the job, you may find that you really enjoy it and also being on your doorstep like that so you can walk to and from the office in minutes is a gift especially in shite weather. You'll save money on fuel from not having to drive and your power bills too with being out of the house all week.
I really do understand them not offering hybrid , if I was the boss paying the rent, rates, lighting, heating and all the rest of it I'd want my workers in there all the time.

Hey maybe the employer believes that you work for them and not the other way around. That's what your salary is for rolls eyes

A 2 minute commute? Take it!

I would struggle with this. I’m only part time but I can do my job perfectly well from home, so I see no reason to add a commute on top of the working day. It’s one of the reasons I left my last post, the expectation that we’d need to commute in to attend meetings at 3pm (until 5pm) in person, that were perfectly fine being held over Teams. No thanks!

I completely understand this is very job dependent though, and I do miss the social aspect of going into work occasionally but working from home suits me for now.

Weird conclusion to jump to... maybe their jobs mean they can't work from home. Like the people who kept the country afloat during the pandemic.

i took a job a (less than) 5 min walk away. With the thought process being I could go home at lunch and still keep on top of things. This element worked really well. Plus not using my own heating/electricity! Getting out the house and being around people it was actually the best of both worlds.

the job could be done remotely but I didn't question this because of the proximity. It turns out the reason they wanted someone in full time is because they really really did not trust their staff. It was so stiflingly and I left quite quickly.

so to summarise, being in the office with such a short commute is actually nicer than WFH but id be thinking carefully about why there is no option to work remotely, if it is technically possible

And people who can't do it are so jealous!

Oh FGS. WFH people are so entitled.

Take it! It sounds like you are quite low down on the career ladder if you need to 'kick start' your career. Get some experience and then you can be more flexible in the future.
People have got far too used to cushy home working. As for all this 'I could never', well the would have been reality for most within most of our lifetimes at one point.

Honestly it’s a tiny commute. If it’s a good role it’s worth it.

Would they allow you to do the odd day at home if say the boiler needed to be serviced? Zero flex would be quite annoying. And how would they feel about working with a stinking cold? Eg today I’m not sick enough to be off work but I’m sneezing/ coughing too much to be in the office so WFH.

Exactly. And chancers like that are being spotted.

If it's a 2 minute drive, can you walk it? Saving money and giving a health benefit?

How certain are you that hybrid is there to stay with your present employer? It would be annoying to turn this job down only to be asked to go back to the office full-time later on.

I could never OP

I hated working from home. I went back to the office as soon as it was possible and work 5 days in the office.

From experience as an employer I don't believe the "oh I'm so much more productive working from home" guff. The stats don't bear it out and flexibility almost only goes one way.

We're also going to be cracking down on employees working from home who aren't using childcare.

My job is a 2 minute drive but I walk it (17 minutes to be precise!). After a few years of 30 minutes driving to work, I love it!

I started this job in January and for a year before that I noticed hip pain (I am in my early 50's). Since walking to walk, this has complete gone.

I would give it a year as a PP suggested and see how it goes.

I'd be really reluctant to go back in to the office full time. A 2 minute commute would make it a little more playable but even then I'd be seriously on the fence.

A shining example of the many people I know who are WFH and clarifies just how much it is abused

2 minute drive? You can pop home at lunchtime, do it

Assuming you actually work properly when working from home, how will your life change in reality if it's such a short journey to work as you won't lose any time at all which I thought was the best thing about working from home?

WFH benefits everyone. You either work or you don't. Some people find they are more productive in the office, for others, the opposite is true.

Bums on seats 9am to 5pm company culture would not align with my values. Of course there need to be flexibility, especially for new starters. Flexibility goes both ways or not at all.

WFH is a much better for working around my disability. It is better for my company because I am flexible with them. If there is a deadline, I will work longer hours to meet it.

Sorry to hijack but can I ask you what puts you off being in the office? Would there be anything not of monetary value that would see you come in more? Am trying to increase footfall and I’m genuinely interested to hear from people who have this mindset.

WFH rarely benefits the.company. Especially for new starters. There is a world of differences between being on teams calls and informal discussions and conversations around desks, or being in a canteen where you meet people you don't directly work with.

This.

I feel really sorry for young people starting out in new jobs or careers and having to deal with a rigid Teams/WFH culture and/or colleagues. There is so much informal knowledge & information that gets communicated by in-person working and the sociability that goes with it. We are social animals after all.

And I feel sorry for the companies & institutions where people aren't present. I don't mean a blanket "presenteeism" - I just mean, a workplace culture with employees who resent being there or talking to their colleagues!

That's not a good analogy. -- People on night shifts have enhanced wages to compensate..

I dont see people here saying "pay me less than my peers and I'll WFH" which might be a reasonable proposition. .

Definitely take it, being able to go home for lunch is such a treat! You’ll get back into the routine of being in the office 5 days a week pretty quickly. I’m jealous, I hate wfh but can’t seem to escape it 😩

If it's definitely going to boost your career then yes I would.
The commute is a dream, and it doesn't have to be permanent.
Lots of people make sacrifices for their career - even working away from home during the week.
As far as sacrifices go, this is a minor one.
You can return to wfh some time in the future.