👩‍💻WFH - What job do you do out of interest?

[PurplePanda1]

Just that really, so many Mumsnetters are working from home, it makes me wonder what job you do? I assume they are all fairly well paid rather than minimum wage jobs or am I wrong?

I used to do that too. Qualified ACA and CTA then ended up changing careers because I hated it so much.

University Lecturer - wfh when I’m not teaching which varies based on what other roles I’m given that year and research expectations.

Local authority, £54k. I’m hybrid but probably go into the office once every 2-3 months.

If you don’t mind me asking, I’m curious as to how you can manage an office if you’re not in it?

Lawyer. Hybrid rather than fully remote but I decide when I need to be in (generally only when I have meetings).

Civil Servant, hybrid working 2 days in office and 3 at home. Overtime worked at home. Approx £30k.

Civil servant, £70k, I have a workplace adjustment in place to WFH, otherwise it would be 2 days in office.

Yes, I work from home doing an operational decision making job (civil service government dept), 28k a year. I can't mention the actual place, but they were asking more attendance in the office. I had to get a reasonable adjustment request to continue working from home as I discovered it suits me better.

I presume "suits me better" wasn't the reason they granted a reasonable adjustment under disability laws.

Head of department for a law firm, qualified solicitor. £100k ish. Go into the office once a month. This is increasingly rare though, most lawyer friends are now hybrid and are in 2-3 days a week.

No, I had a proper reason, I just did not want to disclose it here :)

Senior Analyst (not exact job title, mine is too identifying!) in the NHS.

£56k plus London Living Wage.

WFH full time with occasional visits to the office.

Very flexible start and end times, able to pop out for doctors appointments and such. Others in my team are able to do the school run as well. Works really well for us. I tend to take my dog on a run in my lunch breaks which I couldn't do if I was in the office.

Planning to move to the South West soon - will keep the job!

Engineering manager £56k. Fridays half day and WFH. Office days are a set 8-5 my work place is quite against WFH. Generally I find I prefer working in the office but increased flexibility would be nice.

Ops Director (like a super EA really) 100% from home, £50K

Ah right. I was thinking that it would not be helpful for people to start using the term 'reasonable adjustments' for issues not related to disability.
It would be akin to it becoming more common for people to say they suffer with anxiety when they mean they are feeling anxious. It can minimise the impact that having a diagnosis of anxiety has upon people.

I’m a programme lead / business consultant for a multinational computing company. 16 years experience but previously I worked in marketing and sales. When I worked in marketing at a telco, I was in the office 3-4 days a week with a 120 round trip commute. When we decided to have children I moved into sales so I could be home based. Then in the last year I switched to professional services in a different company to have less pressure than sales and but very good salary and benefits. 100% remote contract so when I travel expenses are paid. I would recommend sales as a good career where you can earn money then move to more senior roles afterwards if that’s what you want to do. I got the industry experience at lower levels when I was younger with less personal responsibilities. Is there an industry you’re passionate about for example I know ex-radiographers who now work in equipment sales or friends who could easily move into selling for large beauty manufacturers etc. Good communication and relationship building skills plus industry knowledge and tenacity and you’re half way there. Public sector wise many of my friends who work in project management for local councils or as social workers work from home when not on visits, there are also many jobs you can do now to support schools such as attendance officers, behaviour support if you have experience working with young people. It really depends what your industry experience is and what you like doing day to day!

NHS as of yesterday, min wage

EA in an entertainment company. Two days a week in the office so I can still enjoy my spenny Leon lunches and raid the office fruit basket.

I am self employed as a will writer and Estate Planner for my own business. Due to family commitments it is the only way I could my law degree to good use and WFH.

@CharlotteBog I stand corrected then, mine is a flexible working request, not reasonable adjustments, I didn't realise the differentiation.

£75k senior IT consultant working across multiple industries (although mainly in health tech atm).

IT has always been more open to working from home etc, I I often work with software engineers in India etc.

My current team are spread across the uk and we get together f2f every quarter for a day or two.

We have a fancy office we can work from, but I hate commuting (live in the sticks so have to drive!)

Electoral services. I work as a returning officer both federally and provincially. Lots of planning behind the scenes which is done at home and then into an office for around 30-50 days when an election is called. I also do freelance work for First Nations. Last year I earned £70K. This year will probably be around £45K.

Lawyer in-house for a multi-national company. Work 100% remote apart from the very occasional face to face meeting in our UK head office. I have calls with people all over the World and my own team is based in the U.S. so there is no need for me to work out of a UK office.

@Wineisgreat What did you move into?

Well that’s the beauty of flexible working I suppose! My typical day:

7am: log on check my diary for the day, read and respond to any emails or slack messages that have come in over night by other flexible workers or the engineers on call. Check system alerts and notifications.

8am: make sure the 10 year old is ready for school, make pack lunch and do school
run, also get showered myself!

9am: daily morning meeting

9:30am: mentally prepare for the day ahead as it normally chaos.

10am to 4pm: back to back meetings, giving presentations and lots of fire fighting / context switching. Usually get ten/twenty mins or so of “peace” in 5 min bursts, where I can pee, flick through Twitter or mumsnet. Occasionally replying to a thread. Also responding to slacks or urgent emails too!

4pm: log off for a bit as my brain is fried and I am
sick of the sound of my own voice

Do household bits, dinner, leisure time etc.

8pm: log back on for an hour or 2 with the telly on in the background and do “actual focused work” (like write the presentations I give all day long, or a paper etc etc)

It works for me, I can work when I feel the most productive, I used to be so burnt out working solidly 8-6pm in the office. With a commute on top.