If you WFH what do you do?

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I'm really interested. I'm facing needing to get a new job and I'd like to continue working from home. I know there is lots more out there now post-pandemic. So, if you work from home, what do you do? Do you like it?

Sales and customer service advisor

HR. Currently hybrid but plenty of fully remote jobs out there.

Local authority. So lonely. Bloody love my office days.

Public sector department head. Fully homebased contract, go to colleague events a couple of times a year. Love it.

I am a HR Director. We have moved to 2 days in the office now, which I prefer, but I know there a lot of remote only HR jobs still around.

I’m also an accountant, partner in a top 10 firm, working in an internal department. My team of 6 in UK are split across 3 of the home nations plus nearshored team.

I work in HR. I try to go into the office once or twice a month just for a change of scenery, but it's not required. I love working from home and would really struggle now going into a job that was fully office-based!

Event management. FT WFH. No boots on the ground needed as I manage the logistics.

Lots of flexibility- love it.

I had my best years working in offices I know the commute can be a pain but pre-Coivid was just what you did and thought nothing of. I can't get my head around the desire to never leave the house and thus lose the chance to be with people you'd never normally encounter. It's good for us: its so easy to become narrow. My current job throws me with people of different ages, stages and lifestyles

I do though see advantages about being home for kids /school runs/ no commute = more time. It just makes me feel uneasy, so much remote working

Global Finance Director....home based role anyway with travel which is still semi restricted. Love my job

Risk Analyst. Worked for the same firm for 20 years now.

I don’t miss commuting at all.

Solicitor

I work for an exhibition company and I take creative briefs and then liaise with the clients through the design process. I really enjoy it and I find it interesting. I can also go to the exhibition shows if I want to meet potential new clients and there is a little bit of travel involved should I want to go. I actually feel quite content.

Business transformation manager (includes project management, roadmap development and creating business cases).

Involves Teams calls / collaboration with people across the country and office type work (Excel/PowerPoint etc).

I travel to the main office once a month for 3 days.

This exact question was posted a few months ago- I'll add the link if I find it.

I now work in the civil service and I'm contracted to WFH full time. I work with a small team who message/talk online when needed- so never feel alone. I previously worked in the NHS for many years so its a very different way of working.

Finance - WFH but go in for some meetings, probably twice a month tops.

I manage an operational function for an insurance company. We have a mix of home and hybrid workers across many roles but managers must have the flexibility to attend offices as needed, around 3-4 times per month for myself. I like it but I know the industry is perceived as very dull by many. Very much depends on the role, business area and your personality I imagine!

@Abracadabra12345 I agree, I think this whole move to total home working is really sad. I have learnt so much in my job from being in the office and always offer face to face meetings (which are normally always accepted) rather than on line meetings.

It's a sad move I think.

I work for an online university. I'm a bone worker, so don't have an office to go to. I really enjoy the flexibility it gives me, it can be a bit lovely but I'm still part of a team and we meet up regularly. There are lots of roles you can do from admin to teaching to managing.

I am head of payroll for a charity. All head office are remote now as they got rid of the expensive offices during covid to reduce costs. I love it!

Senior Family Lawyer, work only from home which I love as it is a godsend for juggling school pickup.

Look after relationships of 3rd parties. Work from home although may have the odd meeting the a third party although these are normally via teams. Go into the office once a quarter for a departmental get together.

WFH has made it much easier for people with disabilities and health issues to access work. I have chronic fatigue and when I used to have to go into an office five days a week I was late pretty much every day because I struggled to wake up, I had no life outside of work because I’d go home and go straight back to bed. Although my work knew about it my fatigue was so unpredictable that I got in trouble and almost lost my job because I couldn’t give them enough notice as to when I wasn’t fit to come into the office. Now I can WFH full time it’s changed my life.

Anyway, in answer to your question OP I was a journalist and now I do commercial content and copywriting.

I'm an account and I work from home quite often

Coach and consultant in the careers space. Work part time. Manage tema of five. I love it. It’s rewarding work and Interesting.

it took about four years to build up and I did have a background employed in a similar area which helped with experience and connections.