Do you work from home?

[Rainydays55]

If so what sort of job are you in? Do you see working from home as a benefit?

Civil service
I've found working from home very difficult. I like having the flexibilty, to wait for deliveries, its easier if I have personal appointments - so in that sense its a benefit.
But I personally wouldnt want to do wfh full time

Yes I love it. Business development manager.

I can do the school run and use the time I'm away as my lunch break and grab something quick. I usually make something the night before.

I'm in for parcels

I can put washing in and hang it out.

I really enjoy it. Have wfh for over ten years.

I'd hate to have to go back to office working.

All I'd say is, get a routine and stick to it where you can. If you can have a nice room or space to work in, do that rather than what I used to do for 8 years and work off my knee in the living room. It's made a difference to my productivity having a dedicated area.

I'm happy in my own company though I expect sone people would find it lonely.

I'm a lawyer. Work 1 day in the office, by choice, and the rest at home. It's lovely to be in to socialise but being at home is much better for my productivity.

I working in BI and analytics. Love working from home - I get to drop / pick up the kids more than if I was in the office. I have to make sure I go for walks most days otherwise I’d barely leave the house.
There is a culture of teams calls with about 50% of people using the camera so not enforced if you don’t want to.

I worked in academia and loved working from home as it was quiet and I could get on with my writing without being disturbed. Could watch tv with lunch. DD didn’t use to like working from home but during lockdown she got used to it - she likes the flexibility of working whatever hours suit her most of the time and the fact that she can stay in pyjamas all day. I think it depends on your accommodation - do you have a home office - and who else is around. You also don’t have to take a day off if a delivery is expected or a workman is coming round.

I’m a PA for an academic charity and we do hybrid but are mostly still WFH.

I do like it but you get very used to your own space etc.

I was in the office the other week and someone was sat next to me with a special keyboard as he had apparently developed RSI during lockdown. He mentioned this to his colleague whilst I was sat there but I don’t know him and it did impact on my ability to concentrate - don’t get that at home!

Yes WFH is a benefit, I don’t miss commuting at all and I can do more like putting on washing, dishwasher etc.

I'm a freelancer and I love the flexibility of wfh.

In IT. I love wfh, it's much more convenient for my work life balance, not having to commute. Less annoyances in the house, I can do housework on my lunch break, collect parcels during the day.

It is obviously easier if you have a spare room or area to dedicate to a working space though. Or not be bothered by working in your home, I don't care. I can switch off easily from work though, some people can't.

I work 50% of the week from home. I'm in financial services. It's a good balance for me. I like the social side of being in the office and dealing with paperwork I can't do at home. The days at home are much less of a rush in the morning with the kids and all they need to take, I can walk the dog at lunch and spend the time I'd be commuting getting stuff in the house done. Feels like a better work/life balance. Also, at the moment it really helps manage fuel costs.

I go in occasionally.

Like many people who work in london my commute is an hour. This makes even working the basic 9-5 in the office such a long day of childcare for my young kids. Wfh saves me 10 hours a week, plus I work productively at home. I would not apply for a job that was not flexible any more.

Yes, a lawyer.
I love it, it gives me such a good work life balance. I see the kids up til they start nurse at 8 and collect them around 4pm. Otherwise, they'd be at nursery circa 7.40-5.30. we get that extra quality time where they're less tired than they would if I had my hour commute after so.
I'm 5 mins away in the car in case of illness at nursery (youngest has food allergies so reassuring for me).
I can also potter in my lunch break or while I boil the kettle - get the washing done, put the slow cooker on, pop the hoover round etc.
It also saves me a fortune - £130 transport per month, £8 for the earlier start each day, and the cost of a cleaner, because I'm here to do it at lunchtime.
It saves me an hour commute each way too.

I do miss the office environment a bit, but with a whole new way of working embraced by the company, it was never going to be the same post covid. I do go in every now and then which is also a nice change.

Sort of consumer researcher/report writer. Work 3 days/week from home and love it - but am lucky enough to have an excellent setup with dedicated space etc. Go in to the office for some bigger meetings, and some of us meet over tea and cake sometimes.

Academic. Research as part of an international project, writing/publishing, sometimes presenting/lecturing/guest-speaking (virtually). I have also held in-person lectureships, but the project I'm now is mostly online by its nature, and as it was established during the pandemic most people came on board on this basis. I love it. Its a huge perk to me. That said, if I were lecturing regularly again, I'd prefer to do it in person.

Translator and editor. I absolutely love it. The flexibility, the lack of commute, the absence of colleagues. I'm a pretty antisocial person so it suits me fine!

I’m admin for a tax firm, WFH 4/5 days, go into the office on a Friday to see my mates (and work of course).
I like the relaxed atmosphere plus I now don’t get up until 7am and finish bang on 4pm. I can put washing on, even prep dinner during my lunch break.

I don't like working from home. I appreciate the benefits (saves money, less effort), but the cons outweigh the pros for me. It's isolating, and I've been feeling unhappy and stressed in my own home which has never happened before - it used to be somewhere I looked forward to being at the end of the day, but now I'm looking for ways to get away from it.

I love it. I do go out on appointments though and we try to socialise as a team fairly regularly.

Charity worker, hybrid working, generally work from home 3-5 days out of 5-6. The biggest benefit of working from home to me is no 90min commute twice a day - that makes a big difference to housework levels before work and also time to cook an actual meal at the end of the day

I do 4 days at home 1 in the office now. I am a shipping coordinator for a retail company.

Working from home is the biggest benefit to me. They could say 5k extra or WFH and I'd WFH.

Civil servant. I love it

Personal assistant in finance- and yes a benefit and one of the few reasons I stay in my current job

In IT, prefer it. Like the people I work with but happy to meet them only on some occasions.

Lawyer.
Work in office once a week because I choose to go in and see friends. At home the rest and find it a lot easier to concentrate when it's just me and it's quiet at home.

Yes - senior manager for a charity.

I love it. Its given me amazing work life balance. And its opened up new opportunities for me.

I will never return to a 9-5 office job.