Working from home... do you have set hours?

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I have been working from home since February and will be continuing to do so until covid has gone as I'm Clinically Extremely Vulnerable.

When I worked in the office I worked 10am to 6pm. Now I WFH I find myself checking my work emails whilst having breakfast about 8.30am, responding to what I can. I have at least 2 zoom meetings a day which are between 11am and 3pm, though others may be added in either before 11 or after 3. I find myself checking my emails or sending emails before bed too. So I'm basically working all day.

What were your hours before you started WFH and what do you work now?

I am.back in work now but was still checking emails like during lockdown. I've removed them off my phone - can't do it as easily now !

I work the same hours at home as I did in the office. I work in a spare bedroom and keep the door closed when not working.
It is not healthy for you to be continually checking work, just work your normal hours.

I treat it like a normal working day, I work my usual hours and log off as I would in work. I never check work emails after I have logged off. I worked from home for years pre Covid and pre children and my mental health was awful because I was constantly 'logged on' and work became my life so this time I'm being more disciplined.

I worked 8.00-15.30 in the office with a half hour lunch.

I now work 7.30-15.30 from home with an hour lunch. Sometimes I'll have half an hour lunch and finish at 15.00. Occasionally I'll start at 7.00.

I'm an early riser and prefer just to get on with things once I'm up. I have a very busy job but work mainly on my own so I don't need to plan around meetings often. And I never have any problems logging off on time and then not thinking about it again until the next day.

I absolutely love working from home!

I try and treat it like a normal day but I’m pottering about too.

Normally 8-4 with the occasional email check outside these hours. If I want to get an early shop in before rush hour or I have afternoon plans To take the kids out or get a workout or two in I try and do 7-3 and find it easier to manage the rest of the day then x

I keep the same hours - i work for a company that arent flexible so i'm not going to be flexible in return. It works both ways

I have set hours. I shut down Teams and email so I don't check them when I'm not working. I do still keep my office chat open most of the time and still join in even on my days off (I'm only part-time) so I keep up with what's going on. Not sure if that's a good thing or not but I like the people I work with so it's nice to stay in touch.

Officially I was working 9-5.45 with an hour for lunch. In reality, it was somewhat flexible (those in lower grades have flexitime, but most managers were flexible with higher grades as long as the work was done) - so somedays I would be in and working by 8am, others I would read documents for work over a coffee in a coffee shop en route and be in by 10 (but the coffee was still working time). I also needed to be on a train no later than 5.25 to collect DD from school, so generally left at 5.15. But also generally checked and responded to emails even into the night, and often brought work home.

WFH since March, and while there are some virtual meetings in the diary, as long as I am being productive, I can pretty much manage my own hours. A lot of my current work requires significant reading, which I am doing in hard copy paper rather than on screen - so I look to be away but am actually working. And in reality, I am no longer doing 7:45 hours per day, more like 11-12 hours most days (DD is doing evening study so I often only finish up to go and collect her at 9pm, having started as she leaves at 8.20am, with breaks for lunch and dinner).

My 'official' hours were 0930-1800. Im salaried in prof services so didn't really mean much anyway, I worked until the work was done.

My hours are officially the same but it's more flexible without having to be in the office and losing over two hours a day on the commute. I always check my emails and calendar for the day when I wake up. Drop the kids to school and get on with what I need to from 8.30. Collect the kids at 3, sort them out and then carry on. Some days I finish at pick up time, other days I work until 2300.

My kids are Y6, this wouldnt be sustainable if they were younger.

9-5.30 in the office, and the same now. Unless they want to pay me for overtime, I think it's important to have a divide between work and home. Obviously that's harder when you are working from home, which is why I'm being so strict about my time.

Has always been flexi but previously I had a long commute (40 miles each way) so generally worked 9:30 -16:30 in the office (I am classed as part time as only 7 hours per day so don’t have to take a lunch). This meant I was out of house 8 - 6 on average. I now work 8 - 4 with a half hour lunch. Work life balance miles better and I have time to go to gym (when not in lockdown) which massively helps my mood as well as fitness. Long May it continue...

I started being quite strict because I found my work stretching over 5 days instead of the 2.5 I was contracted to work. I’m a bit easier on myself now so might pick up something on a non-working day and have a shorter working day in the week. I tend to do 9.30 til 5.00 on the days I’m working and have lunch at my desk. The real benefit fir me in working from home is I can flex my working days to suit my self so might do Tuesday instead of Friday to accommodate a meeting I want to attend but isn’t on one of my usual days.