Has anyone managed to successfully negotiate WFH part time?
I'm a NHS nurse, who came out of clinical 2 years ago and moved into a governance role so now office based. I still do 2 bank shifts a month to keep my hand in with the clinical side of things so could easily go back if I ever wanted to.
I work 20 hours a week over 4 days (the job was advertised this way) At the start of COVID I got sent to WFH, which I did and was happy to do, when things opened up I started coming back into the office 2 days a week (13hours) and keep working from home for my shorter days.
I liked this, it worked well for me, kids, work life balance etc. My manager (who I share an office with) then decided (as is her right) that I needed to be back in the office for the 4days back in September. She's been in full time throughout (she's an 8b and says she needs to be seen only occasionally WFH)
Which although I was a be naffed off about going back in I accepted and have been going in for the past 2 months. My commute can take nearly an hour sometimes and it's now got to a stage where it's getting me down. I fight with my kids to get them to the childminder and then I'm constantly in a rush to get back to collet them and fit everything else in. It's doable but I suppose I've seen the other side now and don't want my life to be this.
My manager never raised any concerns about my WFH, I was actually promoted to a band 7 during this period.
Although she'd never admit it I think she likes having me there to keep an eye on and I totally get some aspects of being in the office do work better as it's easier just having me on the desk opposite.
All our meetings are on teams, we're a large trust across multiple sites throughout the city so I can't see it ever going back to person to person meetings. Attendance has gone up as people don't have to get to the other side of the city, staff can now just log on and take part.
How have you professionally out across you case for WFH?