Back to work

[Jolie1988]

One of the things I love about WFH is the fact I have time to make nice slow cooked meals, getting my washing done, having a shower on my break. Working in bed if I can't be bothered getting up. Also I can wash my hair at lunch and it ll be dry enough to run a hairdryer over for 15 mins to shape it when I finish as my hair is so long and thick as I have extensions in at the mo

Notice nothing about me wfh has much to do with work

I am not a morning person. I'm so snappy so it's maybe just as well hardly anyone sees me during the day now

 

[CheshireTea]

Topic aside - I love all these extra snippets of info about your life, it’s mad you do think who’s on the other end contributing to a thread… we have LG to thank for that How funny as well she’s made us create a topic she knows nothing about

I guess I’ll offer up some titbits - international company, offices all over the place (loads in the U.K.) so can pretty much work from anywhere, even home which I do most days unless my boss in visiting one of the two local offices to me in which case, I’ll go in. Pros and cons to both, hate the commute but love trying all my jazzy suits on for the office and to actually interact with other hoomans

 

[Smol52]

I work from home although I am out and about abit. I love working from home , makes work life balance so much better

 

[Lizzy 93]

We are expected back in office on a Monday for team bonding. Being doing that since January. Now talk of wanting us in for an additional day. I'm not keen as absolutely love WFH.

I can’t believe they’ve picked Monday ! Of all days we do have one team meeting every other week on a Tuesday or Wednesday

it’s close to my sons nursery so I go after I drop him but a few hate that particular office as they live very far

@Jolie1988 I’ve signed up for gym starting tomorrow I’m shitting bricks hope I can bump into Hedi x

 

[Lizzy 93]

I’ve told work I won’t be working Mondays anymore only day ‘Likkle man’ is home I’ve been using holiday but don’t want to keep doing that
They said it’s fine !

 

[Jellybean093]

Girls
I wfh and only get to do 1 load of washing a day. My washing bin is stacked to the top. I always put a wash on in the morning and don’t hang it out til evening

 

[Just Drive]

I’m still working from home, have been for just over two years. I’ve been told that beginning in autumn, I can work a hybrid schedule with maybe 2 days at home and the rest in the office. I am in no hurry to return. No commuting, loads of privacy, I can do errands on my lunch hour, I can answer emails during boring Zoom meetings, and I don’t have to deal with certain people’s micro aggressions in the next cubicle. Cons of working from home: there really aren’t any! I tend to be a solitary person so I love working from home. Working from home has been a game changer because we’ve proven we can be productive (sometimes even more productive than being in the office) regardless of where we are. In fact, the place where I work has begun to expand the applicant pools for many positions because they’ve realized they can hire people who live in other states now. It’s a real culture shift and a good one.

 

[Lizzy 93]

OK Lauryn. #rumbled #infinitypool

As I described myself she did come to mind

 

[Jolie1988]

Absolutely agree with ALLLLLL OF THIS
I changed roles in January this year I would have loved the training face to face but as you say it’s all easily done from home !
I am going into the Office tomorrow to see the team and do a little shopping in town on my lunch break
I have saved sooo much money
When I was in the office the commute, I was constantly shopping ( no self control) spending loads on lunch etc
It’s such a lovely balance
I just love it
I should be on my desk but sometimes I sit on my sofa when someone randomly calls and says “ can we put camera on” not really Karen I’m on the sofa watching this morning

Omg I'm the same, I feel I can work better at home because of my crohns disease. Sometimes I work in bed until about 11 cos my joints hurt, manager will be like I'm calling you on teams and I'm like oh dear my camera isn't working, what a shame.
I spent a fortune working in the office, going past M&S was ruining me, now I cook more cos I can keep an eye on the oven.

I jist love not having to wear a bra all day, it's exhilarating

 

[4FoxAche]

Our general area is insurance/ large UK firm with a European market.

I work in a corporate department but we have to know about the B2B and the B2C functions appropriately and can be called into those departments to help manage the business area if needed. I took nine months of maternity leave and returned to work.

Pros of working from home: I don't have to commute, can work in pyjamas, can mute myself in meetings and walk off so don't have to deal with people before 10AM or two cups of coffee and I don't have to see my ex.

Cons: I miss some of my colleagues, I genuinely wouldn't know half of my department if I fell over them, bad days are very lonely and I miss the heavily subsidised Starbucks.

 

[4FoxAche]

@PenelopePitstop I narrowly avoided calling someone a thundercunt at work today.

Slagging someone off blind (deservedly) and this guy on our team piped up "that's my cousin you know".

Had to own it. "I don't care. The man is an absolute [struggle for words and pushed thundercunt down twice]... bellend! I'm sorry you're associated with him."

He took it well.

 

[PenelopePitstop]

What general industry do you work in? Sounds similar to my set up!

I am a boms expert and spend my days building them… in the manufacturing sector of course

Pros for me, putting my washing out, like seeing some of my colleagues, especially the ones easy on the eye () Can sit in my garden at lunch time

Cons - Cost of gas and electric, people disturbing me in the office with pointless chit chat (not in the bitchy sense, it’s just they are not busy, and I am too polite to tell them to piss off) sometimes forget to take lunch

 

[projectstadium]

I've arrived! You don't need to worry.

I work from home. Applied for a promotion at work in February 2020 they did interviews via Teams in March 2020 and I was given a computer and sent packing to WFH two hours later. Got the job, was trained remotely and have learned the job from home.

They did a whole thing about being office-based, home-based or dynamic (some home and some office time) and the entire department selected dynamic or office only. We were over-ruled and have been issued new contracts as home workers but attached to a specific office... I went on Mat Leave and found out I'm attached to an office waaaaay up North.

So no ability to office possibly for the best as the former Mr Fox is there.

Love your announcement at the beginning!

I work mainly from home, my job involves visiting people and lots of meetings all over the place so I’m mainly at home although do have an office I just never really visit

Seems like we’ve all got lots in common.
For starters we all share Lizzy as a thread #mom #firstrimethreadmom

 

[Lizzy 93]

I’m still working from home, have been for just over two years. I’ve been told that beginning in autumn, I can work a hybrid schedule with maybe 2 days at home and the rest in the office. I am in no hurry to return. No commuting, loads of privacy, I can do errands on my lunch hour, I can answer emails during boring Zoom meetings, and I don’t have to deal with certain people’s micro aggressions in the next cubicle. Cons of working from home: there really aren’t any! I tend to be a solitary person so I love working from home. Working from home has been a game changer because we’ve proven we can be productive (sometimes even more productive than being in the office) regardless of where we are. In fact, the place where I work has begun to expand the applicant pools for many positions because they’ve realized they can hire people who live in other states now. It’s a real culture shift and a good one.

Absolutely agree with ALLLLLL OF THIS
I changed roles in January this year I would have loved the training face to face but as you say it’s all easily done from home !
I am going into the Office tomorrow to see the team and do a little shopping in town on my lunch break
I have saved sooo much money
When I was in the office the commute, I was constantly shopping ( no self control) spending loads on lunch etc
It’s such a lovely balance
I just love it
I should be on my desk but sometimes I sit on my sofa when someone randomly calls and says “ can we put camera on” not really Karen I’m on the sofa watching this morning

 

[Our Cilla]

We are expected back in office on a Monday for team bonding. Being doing that since January. Now talk of wanting us in for an additional day. I'm not keen as absolutely love WFH.

 

[Jolie1988]

I work from home, I go in 1 day a week, our work don't want us coming in too much since lockdown vos they are able to rent out the office space.

I would prefer to go in more, my gym is 2 mins from my work, this is why I'm Heidi fat only in 1 day

 

[Jellybean093]

I’ve joined the gym
Don’t get time to use it
I work way too much
Doesn’t help the kids (well, 20wk old and 2 yo are home )

 

[havinaneb2]

I have a job interview this week and I’m ill with nerves about it The woman I spoke to about the job position didn’t say whether I would be working from home or in office. I’m assuming training would be in office then I’m not sure after that.

I did like the social aspect of being in office and seeing everyone (in my previous job). And my partner is a noisy fucker so I don’t like working around him

but I also like working from home sometimes for reasons mentioned above: pjs, putting as many wash loads in as I can

 

[4FoxAche]

I have a job interview this week and I’m ill with nerves about it The woman I spoke to about the job position didn’t say whether I would be working from home or in office. I’m assuming training would be in office then I’m not sure after that.

I did like the social aspect of being in office and seeing everyone (in my previous job). And my partner is a noisy fucker so I don’t like working around him

but I also like working from home sometimes for reasons mentioned above: pjs, putting as many wash loads in as I can

Good luck lovely

 

[Jellybean093]

@Lizzy 93 @Jellybean093
Interesting… I live very close to my work and had been going in for a meeting each Wednesday, which now floats between a Thursday, so I now attend 2 days a week, it has made a difference in my gas/electric bills… however there is lots of moaning about returning 3 days a week, as the main office block has been closed so people are squashing into our office…
So the noise level is rising as are the distraction’s


I will be perfectly honest, I am just not
Motivated and even use the excuse of walking to work as a form of exercise

A difference that the gas and electric has gone down?
i think I need to go to work. Get a break from the kids and the food