To ask you if you're still WFH? Not Covid related

[JanuaryBones]

Hi all,
I'm job hunting for something remote, at least for the majority of the time. Current place removed all home working at the start of last month with very little notice, which obviously they had every right to do.
I'm struggling to be honest, although I only did one day a week at home. It's more the ad hoc way I could wfh if I had a big report to write and really needed to focus. Being back in the office full time is killing my productivity, as I get several people approach me per hour for tasks like finding batteries or getting an email address for a contact.
I have reassessed and decided that a job wfh would suit my working style and home life better. I'm searching but have stopped before applying as I'm so unsure of these vacancies which are based all over the U.K. What if their business model changes and I'm suddenly expected back in the office five days and it's 20 miles away!
So I'm asking to see if there are many companies (you don't have to give names) who are looking at long term WFH, particularly if you know if they are actively recruiting people from further away.
Thanks

We’re going hybrid as whilst many of us are more productive on average WFH there’s some stuff which is so much quicker when we’re all in one place. Finance team in a financial services company. Some people do live a long long way from the office and they are coming down and staying overnight.

@DelurkingAJ how often is that expected? Not to sound entitled!

About two days a week. But expected to flex as needed…so we have a big project looming and my boss has already (very gently) checked that I’m ok to be in a full week.

@DelurkingAJ sorry to bother you again, the colleagues that are staying overnight, did they make the decision to move away or apply for the job knowing this was involved?

We are still WFH and I suspect that we are going to allow people to set their own WFH schedule as it’s working well with people coming in when they need or want to.

I suspect that the few will ruin it for the many eventually and we’ll end up saying 2 days a week in the office (as a minimum), which I’d be happy with.

I work in law so it’s fairly easy to see what time people have been recording.

We are staying hybrid. But you need to be in the office 2 times per month.

I did work hybrid before, I also travelled to all our various offices. I could do my 2 days at any office I choose, but head office is closer. My team were all office based. They are now hybrid, with 2 visits a month.

We are advertising as 'permanent hybrid working'.

What kind of role are you looking for?

@Sea62648 well I'm in admin so anything in that area really. I'm in medical HR at the moment.

My firm is actively recruiting from all over the country for permanent WFH roles. I was the first to be recruited into one of these roles and I think we're at more than double figures across the whole firm (different roles).

NHS in Scotland probably going to be a very flexible hybrid model for most office staff in the future.

Civil service still working from home.,

I'm a medical secretary and just been set up to work from home 2 weeks ago. I work in the private sector. Suits me down to the ground. The hospital have no intention of having us back on site.

Local Government, moving towards a "work from anywhere" set up.

Both DH and I have been WFH for over 10 years and we don’t work for the same company. We both have jobs that are computer based and that require incredible focus so working from home is a fairly easy argument with an employer.

A lot of media agency/PR businesses I know through work are doing long term WFH or work-how-you-like models. I know a couple of people moving out of London but keeping their jobs at these agencies to get the best of both worlds - they'll probably go into the office once or twice a month at most. Someone I know working in marketing for a major UK retailer has just been offered a job 3 hours from where they live with 1 day a month in the office required (and hotel expenses if they choose to stay over). My business (while tiny!) has adopted as 'work where you want' model and it's been amazing, we won't go back to forcing people to be in full time. We have one core day a month where everyone should be in to do general catching up and a business update and lunch, but otherwise we're pretty easy.

So it's definitely out there, and now is the time to request it (or at least ask about it) when so many businesses have made it work. I don't ever want to not work for myself ever again (like my own space too much haha) but if I applied for a job now, I wouldn't take it unless it was very very flexible with WFH. Most of the people I know (broadly late 20s-mid 30s, creatives) are the same. So I think it'll become more commonplace.

I think smaller firms, more creative industries and more 'modern' businesses will be likely to keep or introduce WFH - PR, media, marketing, tech stuff. The older, more institution-like businesses - banking is the example I'm thinking of - I'd imagine would be less likely. That's just speculation though!

My company are going 50/50 home / office time which equates to about 10 days per month WFH.
I was part of the project team working on this and it seemed to us as if this would please the greatest number of staff, get our offices back in use and ease collaboration issues which have grown as WFH has become long term

My work has been really flexible, we can choose full time in the office, hybrid, or full time remote if HR agrees (basically as long as you are not on an improvement plan).

I do two days from home and one day in the office and its a really nice balance. Most people went for hybrid working.

Local Authority. We’re going back to hybrid working. I’m doing 1 or 2 days a week in the office, the rest at home. I think quite a few local authorities are similar.

NHS office job. WFH full time still, this will be reviewed in 2 months time. We won't ever go back more than 1 or 2 days a week.

Hybrid model like many. Expecting most people to be in (or at client sites) on average 2-3 days a week by end September. But model is flexible and for teams to agree amongst themselves based on project needs.

Even pre-Covid we had admin staff who worked 80-90% from home - my assistant has for the last 3-4 years.

My company has gone hybrid, currently don't 1 day office 4 from home but after Xmas doing mornings in office (so I can do meetings, printing, work that can be disturbed) and afternoons at home for the focused work

I would be looking to move into the public sector - very very flexible.

I work in Financial Services. We are all still WFH if we choose to, but have been advised that we'll be office based at least one day a week by the end of the year (restrictions permitting).

Yes, but I did before. Civil Servant in a dept with a high amount of home workers. They have recently reviewed their office contracts after a staff survey - noone new to the organisation will be able to pick an office based full time contract - it would have to be either half and half or homeworking (except for H&S or job specific reasons).

We're also doing hybrid - two days in the office, three days at home.

It's a large online fashion retailer.