If you work from home, what is good about it?

[Leemoe]

I have just been offered a wfh role, office hours mon-fri.

Currently I work 7-9 three days per week in a field based role travelling a territory which covers 300 miles or so.

Obviously it's quite a big change but it is a promotion of sorts so I feel as though I should have a good crack at it.
DH also wfh office hours. Tbh I'm not relishing spending every waking hour with him...we have a very good marriage but it just seems like asking for trouble. Surely we will be sick of the sight of one another?

However I'm looking forward to the house being more organised, being able to keep on top of the laundry a bit more and being able to do school runs a bit more frequently, oh and being able to clock off at five and go out for the evening with the DCs etc. And I will be off every weekend so long as I don't want to do any overtime, which given the current financial crisis I will possibly need to...

I do feel luke I will lose the will to live stuck in the house all day as I'm quite an outgoing person who likes the company of others.

I just worry that I'm going to hate wfh.
I feel odd saying that because most people seem to see it as a big perk of the job.

Am I missing something marvellous about it which is really bloody obvious to everybody else?

Thanks in advance for any advice and/or experiences

I’ve WFH for 11 years. I’m outgoing and sociable but I love it. I Zoom etc colleagues every day for a natter, I don’t get interrupted when I’m in the middle of detailed work, I spend nothing on commuting, there’s much more flex with working hours, I can get Ocado deliveries whenever, put a wash or food on at lunchtime, chat with the cleaner, stroke the cat, the list goes on and on.

I go into London every few months for a meeting & lunch.

Its perfect tbh.

I do average 2 days office and 3 days at home which is perfect for me. WFH days are good for using the commute time for exercise/lie in/housework, and concentrating on specific tasks. I think it will help you and DH to have separate work spaces if possible, and plan your own things outside of your work day

Not feeling like I'm constantly late and running to catch up. Pre wfh I was dropping my so at school and attempting to get across town to start work, getting delayed, struggling to find parking etc. Now I use my car loads less and life feels much calmer.

I love WFH.

Have been doing so for almost 3 years now and the only gripe I have is that my teenagers walk on in and start chatting as if I'm not working! (I am aware I need to say no but often its the only time they'll open up to me!)

I love no commute, zero small talk about people's weekend, about my boss's grandchildren, about my colleagues narcissistic mother... we have an in-house chat system for queries or brief good mornings but apart from that I get my work done quicker than I would in the office.

I go to the gym before work, quick shower and take a coffee to my office (lucky in that I have a study dedicated to my work, prior to this I used it as a little library and the kids did homework in there) I walk my dogs in my lunch break and can hang out a wash on my morning break, stick dinner on in my evening break and be home a whole hour earlier than I would be if I was office based!

I save money by not buying lunch or shopping in my lunch break like I used to do. I don't miss socialising as I get that at the gym and on my dog walks..

I live in a very rural area - the only local employers are in healthcare and hospitality - neither of which is for me.

Remote working allows me to enjoy a really rewarding, enjoyable career at a relatively late stage of my working life.

Moved from 100% WFH a few months ago and oh, do I miss it...I miss:

• not wasting time, energy, and money on the commute
• being able to use my own tech which works, most of the time (not that my current organisation provides the tech anyway)
• no stupid office politics on WFH days (though the days I have to spend on site more than make up for it)
• actually being able to get work done
• being able to nip out to the post office in my lunch break, take in parcels, deal with energy companies etc
• a sense of efficiency - I can get more done in an hour at home than I can get done in a whole morning/afternoon on site at work, due to the endless interruptions and being treated as an admin assistant by the ghastly team who took us over a while back
• Not so sure I would have felt like this in my 20s, but in my early 50s, I don't want to have to pretend to socialise with people I have nothing in common with beyond the fact we all work for the same organisation

In fact I loathe the small amount of time I have to spend on site so much I'm now looking for another 100% WFH role.

What everyone said.

Long live WFH!

Love it ❤️❤️