To ask how often you’d go to the office if it wasn’t a requirement?

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I work in quite a small team where people are rarely in the office all at once unless of a training day or larger meeting which is infrequent.

I’ve fallen into a pattern of working from home a bit more lately. Nobody has said anything about it. Nowhere is it mandated or discussed how much we actually should. For instance, some people go in for the morning and go home at lunchtime to work from home. Nobody bats an eyelid.

I haven’t been in a while so I am considering going in early next week. It will be ironic that if I go, everyone else will have probably chosen to stay at home though.

Commuting in is quite expensive and I don’t have a good reason to work from there other than to be visible. Would you go, or WFH until requested to do otherwise? As I say nobody has said anything and it is usually our choice but I don’t know if you stand out by not going in as often as others.

We are required to be in one day a week. If I didn't have DC and dog to consider I'd probably go in more lime 3 times. WFH has its advantages, big ones in cost and being able to manage childcare but I get bored and snack too much!

Never

In our household I go in about once a month, but our office is more like a storage cupboard of equipment than a working office. We go out to people's houses all day so it's a different thing.

Dp is required to be in 40% of his days, going up to 50% next month. He would I think happily wfh full time. Half the time when he goes in he is on Teams calls anyway.

I need to go in once a month, if it wasn’t required I’d never go in

I'm the opposite. I hate wfh so I go in every day.

I have to go in 50% of my part time days/hours but hate it.

If I had the choice I would never go in.

When I was WFH I would stay away from the office as much as possible and only go in when mandated to do so.
When they started to insist on 2-days (min) I knew it was time to make a decision on whether to stay or go (I went).
Lockdown proved my job could be done WFH 100% with going into the office only required for meetings, training etc.

I WFH full time and would not go back to a job where I had to commute.

I have to go in 50% but I hate it because 50% doesn't work over a five day week! Left to choose, I would go in 1-2 days a week.

I like working in an office and go in 3 times a week, even though we only have to go in once. I like the separation and also like it for the interaction with people and to feel close to the company. I'd never take a role that was 100% work from home.

I would choose to go in once a week. Was doing 2 days and now they’re making us do 3.
Not that bothered though. I quite like seeing people and the office is a doss compared to being at home. Somehow I feel I need to prove I am working when at home but in the office… meh. I am here so I am working. I just end up chatting and faffing more.

I’d go in once a week if I could choose. I love my colleagues and the office atmosphere, plus I like the separation between work and home.

however I’d still wfh a lot as I’m lazy, and wfh is good for family life!

as it is I usually have to go in 2-3 days a week which is fine too.

We have been encouraged to go in but at the same time they've closed some offices so there is a shortage of desks and you have to pre book. There is no enforcement, plus some staff have moved away or just prefer not to go in. I try to go once or twice a week because I find the isolation of working from home hard and want to see some colleagues. Plus you learn more about what's happening in the organisation when face to face.

I’m supposed to go in about once a month, but I could negotiate permanent home working if I wanted to. I go in once a week, I like getting out of the house and feeling more like an adult!

I only really go into the office for training and meetings. I can go weeks without going in and then be in a couple of times in one week.

Once a week is my ideal, I could manage 2 at a push.

I most enjoy being 'field based' where I am travelling out and about meeting clients so get the social interaction without having to sit in the same chair staring at the same walls for 8 hours a day

I do 2 days wfh and 3 in the office. I wouldn't want to do much more wfh. But my office is about a 6 minute drive away!

I'm contractually home based but go in approximately once a week. If I had to pay my own travel I'd probably go in a lot less, maybe never. I enjoy being in the office but I get less done there are my team all want to chat and catch up.

3 times a week if I could always guarantee a desk. Wfh has caused so many issues with team cohesion and information sharing - it’s a real issue for those of us working with vulnerable families.

Husband doesn't need to go in but guess every day. Says he works better and nice for a change of scene. In his office thought out of 80 only 20 go in.

We're expected to be in 60% of your working week. I work 4 days, but come into the office 3 days and WFH 1 day. My ideal would be for everyone to have the same WFH days, so everyone is in the office together when they're in. I find on my WFH days, conversations can happen between some in the office that I then miss when I should have been involved, and also avoids that 'going into the office but on Teams day all day' when you're in meetings with people who are at home that day. But it's not practical - our team requires someone to be office based every day to support the office, but when I rule the world...

I could do 100% wfh if I wanted but I go in 3 days a week and sometimes more as I very very much dislike working from home. I get demotivated and lonely

I'd be willing to go in once or twice a week at most. But that would be if I were forced or taking a new position. If it were completely up to me, I'd probably never go in.

My husband's job wasn't remote before the pandemic (could work from home one day a week if they wanted but not more) but they've never made them go back in on a weekly basis. Once a month with a set agenda of meetings/priorities is what they're doing now.

I am meant to do 3 days and that's usually about right. 2 appeals but 3 makes it easier to take everything in by car on day 1, bring it home on day 3 and cycle to work on day 2. Just doing 2 days means driving both days (my cycle commute is rural, pleasant and 50% off road and I enjoy it!)

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