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Have you gone back to the office?

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Echobelly · 10/09/2020 20:17

Interested to hear how many people doing jobs that could, at least in theory, be done from home have gone back into the office? And what context do you work in?

I work for a professional membership organisation with an office in central London. The office shut a week before lockdown, they announced in June it would be shut until the end of September. They will be opening it next month, but only to test out with a few senior staff, and they have said they will not demand anyone returns in they do not wish to. TBH, it'd hardly be worth demanding people come in as they can get in so few people and you couldn't really do any of the 'collaboration' an office is supposed to be for.

We've functioned fairly well in isolation, I'd say, and I'm not expecting to go back this year - mainly the commute. I have no reason to fear getting ill, but if I can keep working while note getting on a tube train for 40 mins twice a day thus encountering at close quarters dozens of people a day, I shouldn't be going in and creating that risk for others.

At the beginning I thought I would be dashing back, but don't feel that way now, and actually quite OK with wfh now.

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noraclavicle · 11/09/2020 23:24

I’ll add that I’ve been given the option to work from home; all senior management are doing so til at least the end if the year. But I’m more productive at work and if junior members of the team are expected in I’ll be damned if I’m staying home. It’s been fine!

Usernamealreadyexists · 11/09/2020 23:50

Yep - I’m back. I could easily work from home as my job is desk based but I really dislike it. Hardly anyone in my office but enough to have a chat with. WFH was very isolating.

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