Are you doing your full 9-5 or whatever you're expected to do, when working from home?

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Are you doing your full 9-5 or whatever you're expected to do, when working from home?

I find I am doing more as the lines between work and home have to blurred. I log on quite early as I am not sleeping and go past my official finish time.

For example, I am now having my "lunch" break as I realised I didn't stop so figured I should take a few minutes.

I am lucky in a sense though as my DH is at home not working (as he now has no job thanks to Corona), so he is doing all of the home schooling.

I normally work 30 hours over 4 days but my work are being very accommodating. Im working 07.30-14.00 over 5 days. Dh is a teacher and is setting and marking work as and when and will in school on a rota. We are tag teaming the kids.

Yes. DH and I have changed our hours and now work over 6 days so we are never both working at the same time, as we have young children. Working as hard as ever. Dh is a key worker and my job has got busier (lawyer).

However, friends and neighbours are working around 50% hours and getting full pay and I'm very bitter!!! Knackered from working 6 days a week with some v early starts and late finishes.

But then also pleased to have a job.

I tend to be available more...but not online as the system is a bit of a mare and I am probably a bit less productive so feel I need to do more hours.. However I think that is more from me than my company.

I work part time. Find I'm doing more hours as I'm slower from home so doing less work but in more hours!
I think it will eventually get quieter so will even out in the end. Also making sure I'm available at all times including weekends for anything that needs doing (I wouldn't be needed to work for long).

We are told we need to be up dressed and ready to leave the house to come in if asked bu 9am every day.

We are expected to be available for video calls at any time.

So still very much a 9-5 and I have more than enough to get on with

Yes, and I'm more productive at the moment than I had been for a couple of months in the office. I get things done all the time, and have always made progress on the projects, BUT I know I had slipped and been dossing a bit since Christmas (we'd had a very very very busy 3 years running).

I could do more, but I am more or less getting done at least what I had been and a bit more besides. And doing some much needed sorting of work stuff that I brought home (not enough, but I did bring 2 bags of older notebooks to go through and write up minutes and dump the hard copy notes, for example, and I am wading through those to break up things).

I am part time but am doing hours all over the place. We have been told to focus on outputs we need to achieve rather than hours we are working, so very flexible. I have 3 kids at home including one with disabilities so they aren't expecting too much from me and are being very supportive.

Yes but have spread my 4 days over 5 so my eyes don't burn out.

Yes, if anything I'm finding my normal job takes me longer. I think this is because a colleague asking me a quick question in the office is hardly noted, but if they have to send me an email, I have to break off from what I'm doing an find the answer and then write an email back, is much more both distracting and time consuming.

I'm actually doing longer, but that's because everything is taking longer to do. I'm used to having two screens, and all info at my fingertips, but that's not the case now. It's taking me back to when I first started work, when things weren't so frenetic (we only had electric typewriters when I started work, that's how long ago it was!).

Mind you, the clients are still demanding, and want things done at the same pace and in the same way as we do when we're in the office (wanting hard copy documents to sign rather than pdfs and print off at their end for instance) so in some ways it's quite stressful.

I'm on shift work in the evenings from home, so yes I do my full hours. Otherwise I'd have to make the time up.

Different from most posters on here as I don’t have kids but both my husband and I are working from home now and it’s tough going. Our house is small and we’re both working out of the same room so feeling very confined and it’s difficult working around each other’s calls, video conferences etc so difficult to work straight through without interruptions. I’m sleeping really badly at the minute too, so the motivation to get up and at ‘em in the morning is zilch.

I’m definitely doing my full week of work, but have had to adjust my work pattern. I’m lucky to be able to do this.

I have no idea how anyone does this with kids.

Have to, they're tracking what we're doing every hour, and I work 9 to 6

Not really. As long as I get what I need to do done I don't worry about sitting in from of my computer 9-5.

I went tot the shops today and stopped at 4.30 for a walk because I have to log in again for a meeting tonight.

If I start at 8 I'll take a longer lunch or finish at 4.

I'm doing more, but I've been one of the key people in getting the university I work at online. We've swapped from an hours worked to an outcome based work model. The recognition is there that work patterns have to change and many people are juggling childcare, work and access to quiet or uninterrupted spaces.

I don't have a home office so I'm forced to use our living room. This has a huge Impact on family life. To alleviate this I start work around 7am which gives me a few hours before the teenager emerges and fights for limited WiFi resources. I stop around lunchtime unless I here are meetings I can't avoid. I then log back in intermittently until 8 or 9pm. This gives DD time to do school work and DH access to his music and TV. I use noise cancelling headphones and only ask for the TV to be turned off if I'm in a meeting. Knowing that I'm not expected to be available 9-5 has made this bearable

We have flexi hours anyway, I suppose what I'm actually doing is rather similar to usual. Today 7:45-2pm & 4-5:15pm, roughly today.

No, I'm doing less. I have a 4 yo at home and realistically I just can't give the same amount of dedicated time and attention to my job. I get a couple of hours uninterrupted before Lo wakes but once lo is awake it's a juggle. My work load has decreased during this time though so it's not like I'm drowning in work. My manager has just told me to do what I can so luckily it's not an issue. I'm a good worker and generally always willing to go above and beyond for my work when things are 'normal' so while I appreciate the flexibility, I also don't feel too bad.

I am busier than I’ve ever been, logging on before 9 and not logging off till bedtime. I officially ‘clock off’ at 5, but that just means I don’t have any more meetings. I’ve been working till 6 and following up on emails up till 11pm.

I am lucky I have a husband who can entertain the children while I do this, otherwise they’d be at school. I’m a key worker (financial).

I had advice sent today for wellbeing - it said stop doing things that make you unhappy (or words to that effect) So does that mean work ?!

Nope, I do about 30mins -a hour a day. I just log on and check back in during the day to make sure nothing has come in.
Spend the rest of the time doing housework, exercising or watching tele.

Bored but I’m in full pay so can’t complain.

dh is doing more as he's working in his usual commuting time but his company are used to remote working so it's BAU for them.

Bit mixed for me, I'm sticking largely to 9 -5 but finding is less efficient due to not being able to quickly ask colleagues things. I'm allowed to go into the office tomorrow and can't wait!

Yep. I'm working my usual hours. I've never worked for home before (it's not ideal for my role) so I need the routine and discipline. Our department's workload has gone mad due to Covid 19 so there's plenty to keep me busy and as colleagues are falling by the wayside, if my work drops off (which isn't likely) I can always pick up other people's work.