Are you enjoying WFH or are you getting fed up?

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Next week is week 9 of working from home for me... how’s everyone else finding it? Do you prefer it or are you missing the company of the office? Any suggestions of how to keep the days go quickly?! I have been enjoying it and work has been busy which has been a distraction but I think it may start to quieten off a little and facing another week of it I feel a bit urgh!!

I am hating it. I am only able to do a tiny part of my normal job ( i am normally customer facing)and I hate the feeling of skiving. I am sick of my bedroom ugh! Desperate to go back to proper work and to leave the house with purpose!

Would be loving it if I didn't also have a 6 year old to homeschool.

I work from home a couple of days a week anyway, so this is just extended with the addition of homeschool!

I am enjoying it to be honest. DH being home means all eating at the same time and he cooks!

If I wasn't having to home school as well, I would be loving it! I definitely prefer not having to go into the office, I'm very introverted and being in the office drains me. I worked from home a few years ago and so have the ideal setup for it too, but feel sorry for colleagues who are working on sofas with tiny laptops.

Struggling. It’s eating up all my time and energy just doing my ‘normal’ work that I’m doing nothing else. No exercise, no tv, not cooking well, little housekeeping. Days are get up, tea while setting up teams, work, lunch & sleep if poss, work, nap, work, bed. I’m at breaking point

I don’t miss the commute. I do miss getting dressed, going out to work, the social side etc. I hate the intrusion into my home life. When I got in from work it used to be my place to relax but now it’s hard to switch off at all.

I understand Rainbow. My partner is back in the office tomorrow after working from home the last 8 weeks and I feel quite sad lol as I’m still working from home! It’s been a nice 8 weeks despite the circumstances.

Absolutely loving it. Working from home most of the time and going in to the office on a rota basis perhaps one day a fortnight.
Will come to an end though as my job is (at present) public facing.

Not looking forward to the 1.5 hour commute twice a day when it does return to normal

Oh and I will definitely be one of the first back as no small children, car driver (so can avoid public transport) and not vulnerable.

Mixed feelings, I miss the social interaction and just the whole routine of putting on smart clothes and makeup and going to work. I don't miss the stress of finding a parking space every morning and I have saved a fortune on lunches and impulse buying in my lunch break. I love the flexibility at home too. Ideal solution for me would be a combination of both I think, but it's going to be a while before our office opens up anyway.

I hate every minute of it...the relentless & overwhelming struggle to home school simultaneously, the lack of structure, the lack of space, the stupid pointless video calls, the fact a problem that could have been solved in minutes in the office takes numerous back and forth emails, trying to train people up remotely to take some of my responsibilities on as my workload has doubled, working at midnight, working at weekends, blurred work/home lines, being constantly interrupted by my kids who actually should be getting a lot more of my time which breaks my heart and makes me feel guilty, being surrounded by increasing chaos as I have zero time to sort it, no let up and no quality time for my family or myself - just fucking exhausting...so yep, fed up is one way of putting it!!

I miss the office but I won't mind continuing to wfh. At the moment it is stressful due to working around kids. But if kids were at school it would be so much easier and less stressful.

I'm enjoying it. I'm saving £20 a week on commuting and DH is saving £100 a week on commuting. I'm 22 weeks pregnant so we're able to save extra money for when the baby is here. The only thing that I would like is a desk! DH has his computer on ours because he has lots of zoom calls throughout the day so I have our laptop on the sofa.

I’m enjoying it still. I miss the interaction I have with team (seeing them on teams is just not the same), however I am pregnant and WFH means I haven’t got to do my normal 45 min - 1hr commute each way, I don’t have to get up at 5.30am, if I get tired in the day I can go to bed and have a nap during my lunch break. It has really done me a favour in that regard.

High five for Roominmyhouse 😁

Fed up. I miss having adult conversation. I miss having meaningful work to do. Am enjoying watching hoarders at lunchtime though.

Week 10 of wfh next week.

On the plus side no commute so less tired and saving a fortune. More time with my family.

On the negative missing my colleagues and the energy of the office and the ease of bouncing ideas off each other.

I wfh lots before lockdown and expect to continue to but my job is easier and more fun when I spend some time in the office.

Fed up now. Have been WFH since March 10.

Plus side: no commuting, can wear what I want

Down side: no adult company, no boundary between home and work, huge electricity bill, tiny laptop screen, no space to set up home office except for kitchen table, remote learning, remote learning, remote learning.

It works well for me. I'm part time, so instead of going in to work 3 days a week I'm working 5 shorter days so I can also help the DC with their home schooling. In normal circumstances I would really miss my days off, but as it is there's nothing to do anyway!

I can wfh more effectively than I expected. I'm saving money and time by not commuting. I like my colleagues, but I don't really miss them.

The only major downside is that my work space (the kitchen table) is too close to the biscuit tin and I'm snacking far too much!

It’s dry convenient but I miss the break of going out to appointments, everything is online now and I feel like I need a change of environment.

I miss my Frappuccino at Starbucks on the way to work and hearing total silence when I work.

*very

WFH is ok. It's all part of a lifestyle which means my kids' lives are in stasis, though. And I can't go anywhere without worrying I'm doing something wrong. I can't forget that. There's a lot of Groundhog Day.

I wfh any way so I'm glad of the company all day and my colleagues are more likely to chat to me on the phone now that they aren't all sat next to each other. Juggling the homeschooling and constant interruptions is brutal though.

I’m loving it. I’ve rigged up an unused TV to my laptop so I can use two screens. I bought two cheap risers from Amazon. I’ve got a comfy chair, desk, coffee maker and biscuit tin. I meet DH for lunch in the dining room. I set my diary to “busy” and I work all day without constant interruptions. I start at 8:30 finish at 16:30. I’m saving time and money.