Do you work from home?… What do you do?!

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I hope you don’t mind me asking.. I’m sure is been done to death too, but I can’t find much in the search.

I’m thinking of a career change, currently a teacher and is proving difficult to give up due to the holidays!

But I wondered if I worked from home I’d potentially have more flexibility - obvs depending on the job, and not be too bothered about the holidays!

So what do you do if you work from home? And how full on is it? Do you have flexibility during you working day to say take the dog for a walk?

Qualified Accountant. Work 2 days a week, for same salary as a clerk/book keeper. Can be full on at month end, but some days I spend knitting, checking emails. Love my job! I'm a career changer too, this was a great choice 👍

Sounds like civil service has a good balance.

Another university professional services person here. I mainly WFH but go into the office once a month or less. Some of my team goes in once a week, but no-one goes in more than that. My team's work is quite seasonal and we are deathly quiet in November/December. Peak time is August/September, when we don't have time to scratch our arses. I don't mind it like that really, as it's nice to have a relaxing lead-up to Christmas.

Self employed online boutique.

4 days per week i wfh, although work in a separate role every Monday in an office. I work c7-8 hours most days but as it’s my own business it’s up to me when I do them. Plus I work a few hours each weekend day to give me more flexibility in the week.

Work in admin and have been working from home since March 2020 (beginning of covid).

Very rarely go into the office - once a month if that.

Work is steady. But not unmanageable. I can get a few household chores done in between work, do the school run and make nice lunches in my own kitchen! It's no different to being distracted by workplace chatting in the office.

One thing I would say is that it's very tempting to think you can work from home with your children present in the school holidays. It really is shit. Don't do it. I'm currently trying to find alternative arrangements for my toddler who I felt sure I'd be able to manage around work at least one or two days a week. Big mistake.

Run a very successful travel business from home which has allowed me to reduce my hours and the goal is to solely do this business by this time next year. I’m a midwife and I needed to cut my hours for my sanity and be more present for my kids

freelance genealogist, writer and researcher.

Senior manager public sector, it's a very specialist role (roughly 30 people in equivalent roles nationally) and I have over 20 years experience in this field. Since 2020 I probably work 90% from home and 10% in the office or "on site".

It's flexible, I generally start early and finish early, I do extra hours when it's needed but it's not expected. I'm contactable until the end of the business day by phone/teams and often get calls after I've technically finished work. I sometimes have to be in meetings as early as 07:30 and occasionally have evening meetings finishing as late as 9pm (obviously not both on the same day) so the flexibility cuts both ways.

If I need a break and my diary permits I can take one, and my team do the same. We're very productive and deliver against our objectives so there's no need for clock watching.

International Finance Manager for company based overseas in music distribution / advertising industry. Very flexible due to time diff as well as chilled approach to treating employees like adults and not restricting them.

My neice is a purchase ledger assistant. Works permanently from home. No office visits at all. Very very very busy. She doesn't stop.