So is working from home as straightforward as people say?

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This article raises points I've often questioned

I’ve worked from home for many years. Haven’t found a single downside. For me, It’s not depressing, it’s not isolating. It frees me from the torment of being in an office surrounded by people. My occasional work trips to an office are awful. I hate every minute.

@Terrace58

I’ve worked from home for many years. Haven’t found a single downside. For me, It’s not depressing, it’s not isolating. It frees me from the torment of being in an office surrounded by people. My occasional work trips to an office are awful. I hate every minute.

Not all people are introverts like you though. I am lucky that I have a great boss and some really lovely workmates

I have been working from home since March, and it is working very well. I chat to my workmates on Teams every day, and there is sometimes banter on the Teams chat.

I don't miss the commute or sitting under an arctic aircon vent, but I do miss seeing my team.

I was WFH before Coronavirus. Absolutely love it compared with sitting at a terminal all day in the office and having an hour's commute each way. I work at the kitchen table with the odd half hour working on the sofa when I have had enough of a hard chair.

I am working more hours at the moment as I am providing maternity cover for someone else in my team as well. I know I would resent it if I had to get in early/stay late at the office especially as I am a lone parent. As it is I don't mind.

I think it depends to a large extent how old you are and how established your personal network is as to whether you like it.

Personally I prefer it: I hate commuting and it makes the whole childcare thing very stressful for me so getting an hour and a half back at the start and end of every day makes me much less stressed and more productive. I have a child, a boyfriend and a good network of friends who I can see when I need so I don't feel particularly isolated and while I sometimes miss the office cameraderie I'm happy to sacrifice this.

I think if you're in your 20s, in your first job having graduated and living in a big city for the first time with an unestablished friend network and little access to the kind of soft mentoring and support you get in an office it must be a fucking nightmare and I'd hate it under those circumstances.

It very much depends on your home I expect. Space available, type of job, length of time you have been there etc.

I expect for many one or two days a week in an office would get all the benefits of working in one, with a bit of planning and diary management. Though many people I've worked with seem incapable of planning and diary management.

Though many people I've worked with seem incapable of planning and diary managegement
What does that mean?

I work from home, I am self employed. The thought of planning a diary for work gives me the skidders.