Where are all the wfh jobs?

[Thisischocolate]

According to the news huge numbers of office jobs have worked from home this year due to Covid, and yet I can count on one hand the number of roles I have seen advertised which state this is ongoing even for new starters, or that it is basically a permanent thing anyway for that role due to company flexibility.

Due to childcare issues I would love to be able to wfh but I’m feeling quite disillusioned about finding anything.

Cyber security seems to have quite a lot.

Lots of companies have made redundancies so while thier staff are working from home there aren’t many new jobs. Other companies that are taking on might prefer the office or at least for new starters.

What are you childcare issues? You do realise that most companies will still require you to have childcare whilst working and it is often stipulated in your contract that if wfh you won’t also be looking after your children.

Same here. I was made redundant during lockdown back in July and have found nothing that doesn't want people back in the office.

Really?! All the office jobs my friends do and myself, are wfh. I go on mat leave tomorrow, my replacement is wfh- but we have said we don’t know how long for and she may be expected to go back into London sometime next yr. Some companies I know have said they will have rotating teams in the office having given up over half their office space.

Your childcare issues are the same whether you WFH or not though?

I know quite a few that have started new jobs and working from home. It's not permanent wfh though. We've bn told until April at least and then we are being consulted on what everyone wld like going forward, they are referring to it as blended working. I think it will be a bit of both. We have a new guy in our team and I've spoken to quite a few new ppl in the company about 3/4 and I'm just bk a few weeks from mat leave.

My friend also started a new job a few months ago and she's wfh too but again only until offices are allowed to reopen they aren't here in Scotland.

It's hard though when your not in the office trying to learn a new job and new systems etc.

You would still need childcare though!

Try the Civil service. Most of their current jobs are WFH and going forward WFH is accepted practice in many roles a couple of days a week.

I'm a software engineer. Every job I have seen advertised since March has been wfh.

I think it's more people aren't recruiting, just those already employed work from home.

You can't work with children at home though?

I’ve started a new job which was advertised as office based but in reality the office is closed and everyone is at home.
FYI if you have young children, especially preschoolers you will not be able to work from home and look after them, no matter how efficient you are.

I would like something WFH also. My secondary school DD is on a reduced day, they can’t go in early and they need to leave site immediately at the end of the day. I’m also just anticipating her being sent home for 2 weeks to isolate.
She’s not really old enough to be home alone for hours on end yet (she doesn’t want to be).
I’ve also been looking for something with no luck (I would also go into somewhere if the hours were right but also can’t find that).

I started a wfh job (software sales) during Lockdown and just left for another wfh job so they seem to be around
You really can’t work with young dc at home though, mine are 11 and 15 and are at home for half term and I feel a bit guilty

Round here its more like where are all the jobs full stop

@12in1 that kind of depends on the age. Of OP DC is little then yes but if they are 11/12 sort of age then just having someone in the house after school is enough and WFH could be the perfect solution

Law / accounting but not many places hiring

I would of thought as others have said, virtually no one is recruiting at the moment

I’m wfh a couple of days a week. I’m not allowed to wfh unless I have childcare in place.

Try the Civil service. Most of their current jobs are WFH and going forward WFH is accepted practice in many roles a couple of days a week.

Came to say this

The thing is, the jobs aren't WFH so they aren't advertised as such. But because of covid many if them are CURRENTLY WFH.

My new job wasn't advertised as WFH but it is for now.

By the way, tech is recruiting in many areas. My new company can't find people fast enough and I've been approached 3 times in the last 6 weeks for roles.

Is it just to save your commute? Because lockdown aside you would be expected to have childcare for your children while you worked.

I am in public sector and we are WFH until the spring at the earliest but there is still am expectation that people will be able to go into the office to do any bits of their job that can't be done at home

And when we recruit the role isn't advertised as WFH because we will expect people back in the office at least party of the time when things return to "normal"

Lots of job won't advertise that you can WFH unless that's a permanent thing. They may WFH now but that may not be a long term plan.
However, I echo other posters in saying WFH doesn't solve your childcare issues. You're still working an can't do that with young children in the house.

My job isn’t officially work from home, but is unofficially (as in I need to be in the office about once per week in normal times).
If you advertise as work from home, you’ll get tons of applications that confuse “work from home” with “work when convenient, around hobbies, kids etc”, and that just doesn’t work. You need childcare etc to cover your work-hours (during regular work hours), and some extra.

Thanks for everyone’s comments.

Sorry I should have clarified that DS(5) would go into childcare but as I don’t drive and the town centre is a 30 min walk away, and the same but a different direction for his school, that wfh would be the most convenient and least time-consuming for walking everywhere .