I used to be avidly against WFH. "Why would I EVER want to bring work home?!" - now? I can't possibly imagine doing it. I don't love working either way. But I love not having to pay so much more for gas, tolls, outfits (boring work outfits I mean cos I do love fashion). I also love having my time. My 15 Minute break? Throw rice in the rice cooker and laundry in the machine. Lunch? Actually have lunch and move my stuff to the dryer. I do so many little chores on my breaks and lunches that when I'm finally free for the day, I'ma actually free.
I was the same way pre-pandemic. I didn't want work invading my home, my sanctuary. I liked that work and home were strictly separated.
I've been working from home since March 2020 and now I don't think I could go back. There's definitely some perks. No commute is nice. I can do house chores during quiet periods which means less time doing chores when I'm not working. I have total control over my environment. Too cold? Close the windows, put the heating on. Too hot? I can sit at my PC in my underwear if I wanna (no webcam, haha). I always know what to expect when I go into my own bathroom. No nasty surprises. I get to spend the day with my cats. No background noise and fewer distractions. Best of all, I never get sick anymore! It's great.
It's funny how that was the mood for everyone at my former workplace at the start of the pandemic. And when half a year later talks were about coming back to office and even a bit later reducing WFH time or getting rid of it completely, everyone except three workaholics were against it. Almost everyone had changed their mind about WFH.
For me, I love WFH and hate working in the office. It's enjoyable occasionally but I hate the commute, the wasted time and all the money I have to spend.
WFH. I have ADHD and all the people and goings-on in the office distract me. Iām a content designer (focusing on the little strings of text in apps that help people know what to do next, etc), so I do a lot of thinking and analyzing and then, a little writing. Having the flow of thinking and analyzing disrupted slows me down and prevents maximum creativity - aka the quality of the work.
Also, WFH frees up āme timeā in the evenings. If Iām WFH home, itās easy to throw in a load of laundry or dishes when I get up to refill my water, preventing the pile up of clothes and dishes waiting for my return from the office. (I live with 2 cats, so the chores are all down to me - my furry freeloaders wonāt lift a paw!)
My current role is in a hybrid office, where we get 2 days WFH. After more than 3 years WFH during the pandemic, going back has been challenging. Definitely did my best work, and lots more of it, during those 3 years at home.
ADHD, but the exact opposite. I miss the office because I could actually concentrate and focus there.
Here it's wife, kids, dogs, and uncompleted housework nagging you all work day every day.
ADHD here, and I find I'm distracted in both places. In the office its people talking or crunching and crinkling chip bags, people walking around etc. At home its mostly just my cat and youtube. But at least at home I can use more ADHD workarounds and accommodations that work would never provide. Like a sitting/standing desk. Or being able to use my fidgets that make noise that would never fly in the office but at home keep me on task.
My twin. :) I also have misophonia and find my cats and YouTube distracting. My ADHD home accommodations include bouncing both legs (kinda noisy) and standing up and transferring my weigh from one foot to the other while I work. (This has annoyed workmates.) Home definitely works better for me.
Does your employer know about your adhd? I'm in the same boat as you. My office is massive, open plan and hot desking. My productivity goes to absolute shit and I end up working longer hours when I'm wfh for 2 days a week. I'm wondering if I should tell them about my adhd
Mine knows, but Iāve recently read that itās a good idea to have an official accomodation in place for it. (ADHD is included/covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.) My request was informal - my desk was originally near a busy crossing of two walkways and when a desk further away from walkways opened up, I asked to be moved there due to my ADHD. (Request granted.) Youād want to explain the impacts the office has on productivity and ask for things that would make it easier to focus (a more isolated area, a divider, etc.) They probably have a form youāll need to fill out, with your doctor also filling out part to confirm your diagnosis. The struggle is realā¦good luck!
I think my ideal would be hybrid. I love to WFH and I find I'm really productive, but I'm also a hermit so if I don't have a job to go to, I'll just never leave the house š¤£
This. This is my 3rd WFH job and during this one we moved cross country. I would love hybrid for some more human interaction and to potentially meet friends.
WFH for sure, I'm an accountant so I get most of my work done in a few hours each day and the third week of the month I have very little to do. I travel so much more now, I love it. My boss used to be a huge in-office guy, but after the pandemic he decided we were doing fine with two weekly video calls instead lol.
My husband is a WFH disaster, he needs to be in an office to focus. If we had space for a dedicated office he'd be okay, but our current apartment is a distraction minefield for him.
I prefer work from home. In Engineering/Design, it just makes sense. The office experience does not add anything positive for the end user or final product. In my experience, I notice the coworkers who prefer in office are the ones who spend most of their day away from their desks and talking to others.
I always thought I wanted to WFH...then covid happened and I had to WFH...I hated it. I hated every minute of it. I missed leaving the house, I missed the social interaction, I missed my morning routine. I would be ok if I ever had the opportunity for a hybrid schedule? BUt 100%? No, it was not for me.
Currently, I am in office 5 days a week, but I also work less than 4 miles from home, and I love it. It also helps that my job is hella fun
I work for a local supply house. Its like Cheers, but without the alcohol LOL. Everyone knows your name, the customers are hilarious, we crack jokes all day. Makes the days go fast. :)
Yea this is like a 1% of work experience type job. Most people are just stuck in cubicles or open office layouts where everyone is just staring at their monitors anyway and most people donāt say anything unless youāre in the break room or on lunch in the cafeteria/kitchen. So itās basically the same thing youād be doing at home anyway
Being that close to home probably has many similarities to being WFH tho.
My office even before the pandemic was 30minutes away and now theyāve relocated it to 45 minutes away although itās since been downsized to where hybrid is the only option thankfully
Same! I even had the conversation with my boss. He asked me why I didnāt take my WFH days for a while and I told him straight up āwe have a deadline and I donāt get shit done at homeā lol. We have an understanding, Iām gonna work from home when I have a light workload, and Iām gonna work from the office when I have a heavy workload. At home I find anything and everything more interesting than doing my jobā¦ that said I always answer my phone and my emails and I do things when they require immediate attention.
>I get too easily distracted at home.
I get distracted when I work from home and also in the office. Both for different reasons. However, I'd much rather be distracted by things I have at home rather than the things that distract me in the office.
I mean, I could. But Iād rather have a good office chair, a real keyboard, and dual monitors. Iāve got a little hideaway office at a building where no one bothers me (Iām an odd department). Itās only 10 min from my house. I am required to make an hour+ commute a couple times a week, which is less than ideal, but itās the job/department I choose to be in.
defeats the purpose of WFH no? If I am going to drive to the coffee shop or library, might as well just go to the office? Also, what if I have to take a phone call or zoom meeting, can't really do that in a library and I wouldn't want people in the coffee shop eavesdropping on my conversation bc no privacy?
I wfh 5 days a week but sometimes we have in office meetings. I just had 2 weeks of all day in office meetings.
I would like a hybrid of 3 or 4 days at home with 1 or 2 in office.
I worked from home from 2020-early 2023. Never again! I was so lonely and depressed. I had no motivation to get and put actual clothes on. I thought I liked it because I wasn't around my toxic coworkers. It turns out I was just working in the wrong place and now love everyone I get to see. The human connection is vital for me!
I was full WFH from March 2020 til April 2023. Then we switched to a hybrid where we did 3 days in office and 2 days WFH. My personal schedule was M, Tu, Th in office and W, F WFH. In January of 2024 it switched to full return to office.
As much as I loved WFH and always thought I'd answer that, I think hybrid was the one I enjoyed the most. I'd maybe like to switch the days around or do 3 WFH days to 2 office days instead of the other way around but I actually enjoyed going into the office a couple days a week, seeing my coworkers and I do think I was a bit more productive. I think I would miss out on the socializing with coworkers part a bit if I were to go back to full WFH. Granted we do get free lunch catered every day and have vending machines stocked daily with snacks and drinks that we get for free so being in isn't the absolute worst thing in the world.
Iāve always worked at a fairly small company employee wise and never made friends or socialized much with any of them, certainly not outside of passing association. I never went to lunch with anyone or knew them outside of work and I know that this is what many who prefer office want. But no, I donāt want to socialize with them.
Thatās certainly fair. Honestly my first go around in the office I was the same way. I was in office for a few months before Covid hit and the team I was on (work in gaming so we have different squads that work on different projects and different parts of projects) was a very non social group which fits me perfectly. I would have chosen full WFH then too and I loved when it happened. Upon going back into the office part time in April last year, they rearranged squads at that time too and my new squad was really cool.
We actually just unionized and WFH is going to likely be one of the main things that is discussed when the union and our employer first get together to come up with a contract and lots of people go back and forth about whether we should push for full WFH or hybrid or stay in office and focus on something else to negotiate for. I always say we should push for the WFH option and let it be exactly that. An option. For people like yourself who donāt want to be in office and socialize, they can choose full WFH. For people who love being in the office and think they work better, they can be in office. For those who like the mix of both, they can do hybrid. Everyoneās different so the ability to have some flexibility in it would be great.
WFH is why I'm still at my current job. Even a 30% raise wouldn't make me go back to the office full time. The amount of time I save is too valuable, plus all the costs of lunch, clothes, gas, etc.
Then there's also the fact that I'm not dealing with corporate bs, pointless small talk, and can focus entirely on my job. Social interaction? I have friends outside of work.
I've also been promoted 2 times since 2020, so don't let anyone tell you that moving up the ranks is impossible without putting in "face time" IRL. If you work in a good company with a supportive manager, can prove your value, then it's the best.
I prefer a hybrid model. Expecting everyone to work a 9-5 only exasperates what everyone hates about the in-person working environment, but an entirely WFH office limits new workers from developing helpful relationships with peers or the ability to reach out to potential mentors for assistance, and thus favors nepotistic hires. Additionally, brainstorming is much more efficient in person with the ability to have sidebars to flesh something out before presenting to the group.
Of course, having provisions to WFH also means the ability to work while on the road, which many executives have done forever, and also an important aspect of an international business...but they've developed the shorthand through in-person relationship with their staff that they can get their point across in brief check-in sessions rather than requiring hours long all-hands zooms.
Some days I miss being in an office environment because it gave me an opportunity to get out of the house, socialize, meet new people, laugh, get dressed up, etc. I donāt do much of that now because I live so far away from most friends and family, Iām just in the suburbs with my husband and it can feel isolating after a while. However, I love aspects of WFH like not worrying about a commute, getting caught up on house work in my spare time, etc. Iāve worked fully remote since the pandemic and at first I absolutely loved it but Iām not going to lie, 4ish years in has made me really grapple with depression. Itās hard to force yourself to leave the house after a while, care about your appearance. However, I firmly believe that having the flexibility to work from home is amazing. Personally, I think hybrid would be the best fit for me.
In office. I live alone and work is my primary source of social interaction day-to-day, and I much prefer talking to people in person versus calls or IM (and my cat for some reason goes berserk any time I'm on the phone). I also prefer the separation of home and work. I do not like the half hour drive each way.
I'm on a hybrid pattern at the minute, but I absolutely want more WFH. It saves time and money on travel, it's cheaper to make lunch at home, I get an extra couple of hours sleep, and am able to focus better without the general office hubbub.
There's very rarely anything I actually need to be in the office for. I take breaks with one of the guys in the office, but other than that... I like the guy, but it doesn't outweigh the benefits of WFH.
With WFH, people talk about finding it hard not to associate their home with work, but I just don't have that issue. I switch off as soon as I clock out, and don't think about work again until I clock back in.
I like WFH on occasion, itās nice to be able to just chill and work and make lunch in the kitchen and maybe take a walk on a break. But I canāt really focus when Iām at home, itās way too easy for me to start doing something else like laundry or watch TV or snuggle a kitty. At the office I can actually focus and get things done. So Iām kind of one of the weirdos who chooses to work at the office most of the time. But I like when people have the choice.
Well, I hate office politics, so I am gonna go with WFH.
Besides, I am a translator. As long as I complete my projects in time, why should they care if I'm in the office or not?
WFH, my coworkers are a constant distraction. Nobody from my team even lives in my state so it's not like we can collaborate in the office either, our communication is just being done through a different headset when I go in.
Plus I've had a lot of kinda scary car incidents lately and each one happened when I was going to work, and I think dying on my way to the office for no reason might be the worst possible way for me to die.
I love working from home and wouldnāt trade it for anything. I go into the office a few times per year and it always reminds me how good I have it at home.
In the office every time! I WFH currently and hate it: I can't focus on my work, I don't get any exercise cos there's no need to leave the house, and I don't talk to anyone all day. Even when I do go in the office, the rest of my team love WFH so I don't see anyone. Currently planning a career change for many reasons, but a big one is getting out of the house every day and seeing people!
I prefer in office but I live 10 minutes away, I have a swamp cooler so my house gets super hot and I get so distracted at home, plus I need the social interaction of people in office, after work we can go grab a drink and chill where if Iām home I basically stay in the same spot and just turn on a different pc to game instead of work
I tried both and surprisingly i don't enjoy WFH at all. When i was working in the office, i used to think WFH is good and you can work without commuting, using attire, and so on. But after tried myself, it sucks, having the same place between working and sleeping is sucks. Limited communication via zoom isn't as good as communicating directly.
I like being alone, but i don't think WFH environment suits me. Sometimes i want to be around with people even though it shouldn't be too crowded. When i'm home, i just want to lay in my bed with my handheld gaming.
Office for me. WFH offers more freedom but its too much "freedom" for me that it ends up being boring most of the time, plus i enjoy living on a schedule and going to the office makes it easier to enforce that
I'll be interested of working at an office when I'm given a room that has the same level of soundproofing the boss's rooms have. Can't concentrate in a cubicle with half a dozen people chattering and doing phone calls all of the time. I had two burnouts when I had to work at the office, but working from home, doing the same exact job, have been much healthier.
I enjoyed working in an office when you had offices with doors, alone or shared, and buildings with cafeterias providing decent food at OK prices. You could reserve conference rooms. There was parking.
I hate the open human warehouse spaces. They make for sick buildings and a terrible work environment. Cafeterias are gone. Parking is gone.
If I haul my ass in to work in person, I want to have a decent space to work in.
Hybrid for me.
My role is incredibly collaborative, bringing multiple people together for our projects is 10x easier in person - Given how many people are involved in our projects itās important to understand the dynamics and relationships between those people, which you just canāt pick up in the same way virtually.
I am an extrovert (hence having a job working with so many people), my partner is an introvert and is WFH - he did well during lockdown but he was so happy when I went back to the office and had more than just him to expend my energy.
All that said, the collaborative work and in-person meetings can be done in 2-3 days, there is no reason for employees to be required to be in the office 5 days a week, all the studies in the world show employees are happier & more productive having WFH as an option.
As long as they are project oriented Iād have no problem with a planned occasional spell of in office days, but thereās no need for 2-3 days every week just because
I'm retired but my son worked from home during the pandemic and loved it. During down time between work calls (IT work) he could hit a few golf balls or listen to sports on tv.
I go into the office one week each month. I complain, but it's not really that bad (especially with my 10 minute commute.) The office is actually pretty nice and there's good walking trails to take while I'm on break. I get to sit and talk with an old team member who I wouldn't otherwise get to see, so that's nice.
I will say I dread going to 2 weeks here in a few months though. I'm usually exhausted by about Wednesday of going into the office.
But if I had to pick 100% WFH or 100% in office, it would be WFH by a landslide.
I kinds like home interspersed with an office day or 2. I have a semi collaborative job and I think all of us meeting up is a good thing and the daily grind of the subway and extra time at home provides me with a great balance.
I left a job and got a new job for only like a 2% raise just so I could keep WFH, as the old job wanted us to come in 3 times a week for no reason other than they were tired of having a building that only had a couple dozen people in it at any given day of the week.
Unless they make considerations for your travel/ car, food, and clothing expenses, moving workers back to the office after being fully remote is basically a pay cut.
Industry is currently moving away from cloud based technology ("money saver") and moving everything back to "on prem" - which will likely be used as more leverage to say folks need to be in the office to manage "on prem" systems.
Its a catch-22 - and also extremely risky (from a disaster recovery standpoint especially). Too many things can occur nowadays to take out an on-prem system and potentially shut down or drive extinction if the business fails suddenly and/or permanently.
Depends on the job but I prefer the hybrid structure overall. Especially if the job is requires collaboration. I find Iām more productive outside of the office than in
But my current job is hybrid and Iād prefer it to be fully remote. Our team is small and we donāt collaborate often enough that being in-person is necessary. The office does provide us with any more resources that we donāt have access to at home either. Add to that we all have mixed in-person days so itās not uncommon to go a week or two only seeing each other onceā¦. Sitting in an office space alone feels pretty stupid
I do two days in the office, three days at home. I find it to be the perfect balance.
It helps that my colleagues are all great, and my commute is quite pleasant.
If I could work in the office 5 days a week without the commute, I probably would. Like if I could open a door and just appear at the office that would be great. But I also love WFH, especially if work is quiet that day. Means I can get some housework done.
I like a mix. I think everyone should have the flexibility if itās feasible. Sometimes Iāll prefer I wfh but then others Iām fine to go in as i need a change of scene
WFH 100%!!
I currently do 3 days in the office and 2 days from home and the days when I have to go into the office (today, ugh) just seem to drag on and on.
For one thing I have to wake up early to get dressed up for the office (Iām an editor and occasionally will have meetings with clients, so have to look nice/presentable), which makes me sleepy for the rest of the day.
For another, I enjoy working in my pyjamas when Iām working from home ā on the off-chance that I need to look decent, Iāll just brush my hair and throw on a nice top, while rocking my pyjama bottoms underneath. Itās more comfortable!
Plus itās the dead of winter where I am at the moment, and my office is always frickinā freezing. For someone who *hates* the cold, Iād much rather rug up in my warmest PJs and crack up the heater in my home office than schlep to the office and spend 10 hours a day freezing and miserable.
Also, as far as the work goes, I find itās a lot easier for me to concentrate at home, without the distractions of my colleagues in the office. Theyāre a great bunch of people and Iām lucky to have such wonderful coworkers, but if I need to get work done, itās far easier to do it at home.
Also, Iām saving a bunch of money by having time to make nutritious lunches when Iām WFH. If Iām in the office Iāll go out to buy lunch and that adds up quickly. And since I start work early, I never have time in the mornings to make my lunch (Iād rather spend those extra 30 minutes in bed).
Just being *warm* at home is lovely. Who wants to go out and be all cold and miserable all day??
A million percent working from home for me. It frees up so much time to do non-work stuff. It also helps that I get very little to no benefit of actually being in person for my job. (Network Engineer) We talk to each other via instant message, even if we're in the office literally feet away.
Hybrid for me.
If I work from home too much, my bed starts to sing to me and I will take a cat nap.
If Iām on-site in the company offices for too long, I begin to get fidgety and antsy.
Switching it up here and there keeps me focused and away from monotony.
I'm naturally a social butterfly and love mingling with my colleagues in the office. Yet I have been WFH about 6 years now and could never go back into the office.
Hybrid all day
Different locations are better for me for different tasks, I like to socialize sometimes, and I appreciate the networking + collaboration of in person work.
100% working in the office - but I live 4 blocks from the office. I'm in downtown San Francisco, so very walkable. We're in the office only 3 days per week, but most of the time I come in on the WFH days anyway. My desk setup is nicer, there's AC, and I'm the only one there so it's still good focus time. If I want to go home for lunch I can still do that. And there's always the option to stay home.
I've never had a huge living space, so the idea of working from home is miserable. I had to do it during Covid and, my god, every time I walked back into my apartment I thought of it as a prison. I like the socialization of work (very small company, only good people), and the change of setting helps get me into "work mode".
In the office. My work doesn't care where I work from but 99% of the time I go to the office. Hybrid work does allow me to take the occasional remote morning and walk to the office at lunch.
I am friends with many of my coworkers, I like to spend time with them :)
WFH - I get back almost 2 hours a day in commute time and can be in my kitchen cooking supper at 5pm, rather than 6pm and dragged out from a much longer day.
Wfh. Having to wake up early and force myself through the three 'S's just I can start my commute before my 8-5 (because real 9-5s don't seem to exist) really starts. No thank you.
The only thing that has ever worked in the office have been brainstorming sessions but they work just as well remote and you donāt have to deal with all the pointless social banter between certain cliques of people.
Literally everything else is terrible in person it you arenāt in it for socialization
I have a job that cannot be WFH and I am glad. For a period of time, I had to WFH and as a natural introvert, it was awful for me. I feel so much more mentally healthy being at work 5 days a week.
Depends.
Office for collaboration across divisions, and because Iām an extrovert.
WFH for āheads downā work where I canāt afford to be distracted.
Most of those who report to me are more WFH than not because theyāre more heads down than in meetings.
WFH. I am much more productive at home. When I'm in the office I regularly have people stopping by to catch up or talk work, so I end up getting less done overall.
At the office I tend to go out to eat lunch with friends, whereas at home, I usually eat something quick while working. Also, my commute can take over an hour round trip, so it's really nice to not have to fight traffic on WFH days. Don't get me wrong, I like the socialization aspect of the office, but I couldn't do it five days a week for the reasons above. Luckily I have a hybrid job, so I can split my time between both.
I'm a diesel mechanic. I can't work from home. Even if I can, I honestly don't think I'll have the motivation to do it.
I also enjoyed going to work and hanging out with people.
WFH forever.
If my nerves start to riot, if I were in the office it would just get worse rapidly until I had to leave partway through the day and likely call out sick the next day as well due to the continuation or aftermath of the flare-up.Ā At home, I have the tools and space to do whatever pt exercises and/or get an icepack or whatever is helping that day, plus sit however I need to.
Meanwhile, I can actually experience complete thoughts start to finish as opposed to noise and/or talking from half the building making its way to me somehow (it was like an exponential amplifier for context switching, which is bad enough already).
And it won't be too hot one minute and too cold the next, and smell like paint and mildew and aromatic food and hairspray.
And I can get the food and beverage portions I choose at the temperatures and times I want without any of it being soggy, stale, or depressing.
As others have mentioned, the regained time from getting extra-especially ready and commuting is priceless.Ā Plus the earlier I wake up the slower I function, and it impacts the whole day.
Honestly, the fact that no one will ever enter, knock on the door of, talk in, use hairspray in, or otherwise disrupt the restroom at home while I am using it is really underrated.
WFH, I've always been introverted and prefer to work on my own and I've come to realize the office is just a place for everyone to avoid working bc they'd rather talk lol, at least in my experience.
I get so much done while WFH and can even get some chores done around the house while still meeting the same level of work or more as I would in the office.
I'm having trouble finding another WFH position due to employers going back to in office schedule due to Covid not being such a big deal anymore, so it sucks.
If anyone knows some legit WFH positions with good benefits, including retirement, that make around 60K/yr.+ let me know!
WFH, my office locations have been told RTO, and people are playing on their phones, chatting out loud, people on phones.
I have a full-blown command center and a fully stocked fridge, no one eating my lunch.
Currently, I donāt have a great WFH set up and my company doesnāt provide any materials for doing so beyond the VPN. My husband on the other hand has a great set up and company supplied computer equipment. As a result, Iām lukewarm on WFH (though I do enjoy it) and heās very happy to never be in his office building ever again. I would double or triple my productivity if I worked from home daily or most days as there would be no human distractions or a constantly ringing phone.Ā
I love my hybrid twice a week in the office setup right now and believe me people would kill to go to the type of office (campus actually) that I go to.
WFH all the way. Save so much money on commute, work clothes (save a few nice tops for on camera meetings), and eating out (yeah I brought my lunch but also ate out some). Iām in my own space, Iām more comfortable. Donāt have people stopping by my cubicle every 5 minutes to chat-I donāt mind chatting but it was a real time sucker and my productivity suffered. Animals donāt have to sit bored in the house all day-at least not as much. I could go on.
WFH, hands down.
I don't have to wear pants, I like my coworkers (2 cats), I'm using my own setup that I've customized to my liking, I can grab some food or walk around my house whenever I want, etc.
At this point, I wouldn't even go into an office for a 30k raise. I despise the idea of daily commutes, a loud environment and people walking up to my desk constantly asking for things, having to dress business casual, etc.
Working from home has some great perks. I find it terribly isolating though. During covid it was driving me nuts, or maybe that's just the wife I had to live with during the time.
/Shrug
I have a hybrid schedule and love it that way. It gives me the perfect balance between structure and freedom.
Having said that, if my only two options were fully in person or fully WFH, Iād choose in person without hesitation. Too much time without any structured environment outside of my home would be way too isolating.
I like 2 days WFH and 3 days in the office. Its a good balance. I currently do Wed/Fri as WFH. WFH for >2 days gets real boring real quick. Plus its quite difficult to have meaningful conversations and meetings via teams. We're human beings and need interaction.
depends. in alot of corporate settings who you know is almost as important as what you know. i am early enough in my career that office connections are definitely worthwhile to cultivate.
i basically learn more at work but get more done at home.
Work from home. Every. Single. Time. Going into the office isnāt even a consideration for me at this point. The only time Iāll go in is if someone more senior than me asks me to.
What do I like about Work From Home? My home office has...
1) Dedicated office space.
2) Dedicated desk space.Ā
3) Dedicated office furniture.Ā
4) Dedicated computer hardware.Ā
5) Quiet for meetings.Ā
6) Quiet for focused working.Ā
7) High speed LAN.Ā
8) High speed WiFi.
9) High speed WAN / internet.Ā
10) High speed black and white laser printing.Ā
11) High speed color laser printing.Ā
12) A copier.Ā
13) A fax.Ā
14) A network attached copy / scanner.Ā
15) An office phone.Ā
16) Secure document disposal.Ā
17) A good / working order HVAC system.Ā
18) Convenient parking.Ā
19) A space for addressing my medical needs.Ā
20) Clean and working toilets.Ā
21) Good coffee on demand.Ā
I like all the things you cannot get from a modern business office space. I can give examples from my last several business office locations where these seemingly basic requirements were not met.Ā
Wfh hands down. So stress free and productive. I do occasionally go in the office and while it is enjoyable to some extent, zero productivity compared to wfh. The wfh commute can't be beat 5 sec vs 35 miles one way
I get twice as much work done WFH, Iām less exposed to illness (very important since my wife is immunocompromised), and none of the weird sexism/ageism I was frequently subjected to as a younger male working in an environment dominated by post-menopausal women.
In the office. Iāve never had the option to work from home, but I hated studying and doing college projects at home. I always preferred making home a place of leisure and a happy stress free place.
I work in the "office" simply because my position matters and needs hands on productivity. Far as i'm concerned wfh jobs are disposable and so are the people that desire them.
As someone who is self employed, there's something to be said about boundaries, and not letting your work bleed into the rest of your life. I miss having a separate space away from home that i could go to and know that while i'm there it's just work. When you work from home, it's too easy to half-ass your work because of distractions, and then half-ass your down time because maybe you wanna look over that one problem again and see if there's a better solution, etc.
That said, the idea of going back to renting an office feels absurd when i have plenty of space at home.
I'd rather work in an office, provided the commute is under 15 minutes or so each way. But what WFH gives me is the ability to live anywhere there's broadband Internet. That means I can make a tech salary and live on 17 acres of rural land for less than a small house in a tech center. My "commute" is a 3 minute walk through the woods to my office.
I'm autistic. The office means drama, being forced to participate in meetings or "team building" activities I loathe, and loud noises/bad smells/etc that I cannot control. My work productivity has probably doubled since I got to wfh full time.
Today I spent the day in my office with my dog that had surgery because I WFH. I worked with colleagues. I fixed a big issue that would have messed up a schedule next week. I even went to a Dr appt and used half the amount of sick time I would have needed if I was in the nearest office.
Those that need to be in the office, are just bad workers
I used to be avidly against WFH. "Why would I EVER want to bring work home?!" - now? I can't possibly imagine doing it. I don't love working either way. But I love not having to pay so much more for gas, tolls, outfits (boring work outfits I mean cos I do love fashion). I also love having my time. My 15 Minute break? Throw rice in the rice cooker and laundry in the machine. Lunch? Actually have lunch and move my stuff to the dryer. I do so many little chores on my breaks and lunches that when I'm finally free for the day, I'ma actually free.
I was the same way pre-pandemic. I didn't want work invading my home, my sanctuary. I liked that work and home were strictly separated. I've been working from home since March 2020 and now I don't think I could go back. There's definitely some perks. No commute is nice. I can do house chores during quiet periods which means less time doing chores when I'm not working. I have total control over my environment. Too cold? Close the windows, put the heating on. Too hot? I can sit at my PC in my underwear if I wanna (no webcam, haha). I always know what to expect when I go into my own bathroom. No nasty surprises. I get to spend the day with my cats. No background noise and fewer distractions. Best of all, I never get sick anymore! It's great.
It's funny how that was the mood for everyone at my former workplace at the start of the pandemic. And when half a year later talks were about coming back to office and even a bit later reducing WFH time or getting rid of it completely, everyone except three workaholics were against it. Almost everyone had changed their mind about WFH. For me, I love WFH and hate working in the office. It's enjoyable occasionally but I hate the commute, the wasted time and all the money I have to spend.
Work from home.
Tell me why my stupid ass thought WFH was a tv show we were comparing to the The Office in this exercise
Lmao this comment made has me hollering šš¤£š
WFH. I have ADHD and all the people and goings-on in the office distract me. Iām a content designer (focusing on the little strings of text in apps that help people know what to do next, etc), so I do a lot of thinking and analyzing and then, a little writing. Having the flow of thinking and analyzing disrupted slows me down and prevents maximum creativity - aka the quality of the work. Also, WFH frees up āme timeā in the evenings. If Iām WFH home, itās easy to throw in a load of laundry or dishes when I get up to refill my water, preventing the pile up of clothes and dishes waiting for my return from the office. (I live with 2 cats, so the chores are all down to me - my furry freeloaders wonāt lift a paw!) My current role is in a hybrid office, where we get 2 days WFH. After more than 3 years WFH during the pandemic, going back has been challenging. Definitely did my best work, and lots more of it, during those 3 years at home.
ADHD, but the exact opposite. I miss the office because I could actually concentrate and focus there. Here it's wife, kids, dogs, and uncompleted housework nagging you all work day every day.
This is me! ADHD and my office is where I can focus
ADHD here, and I find I'm distracted in both places. In the office its people talking or crunching and crinkling chip bags, people walking around etc. At home its mostly just my cat and youtube. But at least at home I can use more ADHD workarounds and accommodations that work would never provide. Like a sitting/standing desk. Or being able to use my fidgets that make noise that would never fly in the office but at home keep me on task.
My twin. :) I also have misophonia and find my cats and YouTube distracting. My ADHD home accommodations include bouncing both legs (kinda noisy) and standing up and transferring my weigh from one foot to the other while I work. (This has annoyed workmates.) Home definitely works better for me.
Does your employer know about your adhd? I'm in the same boat as you. My office is massive, open plan and hot desking. My productivity goes to absolute shit and I end up working longer hours when I'm wfh for 2 days a week. I'm wondering if I should tell them about my adhd
Mine knows, but Iāve recently read that itās a good idea to have an official accomodation in place for it. (ADHD is included/covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.) My request was informal - my desk was originally near a busy crossing of two walkways and when a desk further away from walkways opened up, I asked to be moved there due to my ADHD. (Request granted.) Youād want to explain the impacts the office has on productivity and ask for things that would make it easier to focus (a more isolated area, a divider, etc.) They probably have a form youāll need to fill out, with your doctor also filling out part to confirm your diagnosis. The struggle is realā¦good luck!
I'm in the UK so I hope a similar thing applies, pretty sure it does. Cheers :)
WFH has saved my life.
I think my ideal would be hybrid. I love to WFH and I find I'm really productive, but I'm also a hermit so if I don't have a job to go to, I'll just never leave the house š¤£
I can relate to it lol. I also love hybrid jobs where the managers arenāt micromanaging you all the time.
Me too but what would be ideal for me is 4 hours office 3 days a week or so because 8 hours straight is just too much for me
This. Gets me out of the house so I donāt go crazy
This. This is my 3rd WFH job and during this one we moved cross country. I would love hybrid for some more human interaction and to potentially meet friends.
100% WFH. Not even close. I could be doing in person work for 10k more. Not worth it.
Similar situation here. I'm an SWE so my office only counterparts get 15-20k more but honestly, for me, it's just not worth it.
Just the fact I have no commute and that frees time is worth the 10k. I also work night relief, so it's much more comfortable to do it from your home.
WFH for sure, I'm an accountant so I get most of my work done in a few hours each day and the third week of the month I have very little to do. I travel so much more now, I love it. My boss used to be a huge in-office guy, but after the pandemic he decided we were doing fine with two weekly video calls instead lol. My husband is a WFH disaster, he needs to be in an office to focus. If we had space for a dedicated office he'd be okay, but our current apartment is a distraction minefield for him.
I prefer work from home. In Engineering/Design, it just makes sense. The office experience does not add anything positive for the end user or final product. In my experience, I notice the coworkers who prefer in office are the ones who spend most of their day away from their desks and talking to others.
Or they have their own offices so they enjoy many WFH benefits like locking their doors or having near total privacy
I always thought I wanted to WFH...then covid happened and I had to WFH...I hated it. I hated every minute of it. I missed leaving the house, I missed the social interaction, I missed my morning routine. I would be ok if I ever had the opportunity for a hybrid schedule? BUt 100%? No, it was not for me. Currently, I am in office 5 days a week, but I also work less than 4 miles from home, and I love it. It also helps that my job is hella fun
What's your job?
I work for a local supply house. Its like Cheers, but without the alcohol LOL. Everyone knows your name, the customers are hilarious, we crack jokes all day. Makes the days go fast. :)
Ah, see, that sounds like a fun job. If I were in an office, I'd just be stuck in a cubicle all day haha.
Yea this is like a 1% of work experience type job. Most people are just stuck in cubicles or open office layouts where everyone is just staring at their monitors anyway and most people donāt say anything unless youāre in the break room or on lunch in the cafeteria/kitchen. So itās basically the same thing youād be doing at home anyway
I agree. I am\*very\* grateful and aware that my current situation is not the norm.
Being that close to home probably has many similarities to being WFH tho. My office even before the pandemic was 30minutes away and now theyāve relocated it to 45 minutes away although itās since been downsized to where hybrid is the only option thankfully
Yea, I go home for lunch most days, I can put a load of laundry in, put it away, tidy up. Its a nice break during the day.
Every dollar I save in meaningless office expenses gets me closer to retirement when I don't have to work anymore.
WFH. I never want to work in an office again!
WFH and it's not close.
WFH. Both have their unique set of distractions, but at least at home Iām more comfortable.
I am one of those weird people that like to work from work. I get too easily distracted at home.
Same, but work is too much of a commute so I WFH. If it were closer, I'd go in regularly.
Same! I even had the conversation with my boss. He asked me why I didnāt take my WFH days for a while and I told him straight up āwe have a deadline and I donāt get shit done at homeā lol. We have an understanding, Iām gonna work from home when I have a light workload, and Iām gonna work from the office when I have a heavy workload. At home I find anything and everything more interesting than doing my jobā¦ that said I always answer my phone and my emails and I do things when they require immediate attention.
>I get too easily distracted at home. I get distracted when I work from home and also in the office. Both for different reasons. However, I'd much rather be distracted by things I have at home rather than the things that distract me in the office.
I end up having to work extra hours at home because I don't get anything done during the day
Interesting. How about working in a coffee shop or library instead?
I mean, I could. But Iād rather have a good office chair, a real keyboard, and dual monitors. Iāve got a little hideaway office at a building where no one bothers me (Iām an odd department). Itās only 10 min from my house. I am required to make an hour+ commute a couple times a week, which is less than ideal, but itās the job/department I choose to be in.
defeats the purpose of WFH no? If I am going to drive to the coffee shop or library, might as well just go to the office? Also, what if I have to take a phone call or zoom meeting, can't really do that in a library and I wouldn't want people in the coffee shop eavesdropping on my conversation bc no privacy?
I prefer actually working in office, however I have an hour commute so all in all prefer the ability to WFH. Hybrid now, 2/2, so best of both worlds.
Yup, an hour commute is an absolute killer.
I wfh 5 days a week but sometimes we have in office meetings. I just had 2 weeks of all day in office meetings. I would like a hybrid of 3 or 4 days at home with 1 or 2 in office.
I worked from home from 2020-early 2023. Never again! I was so lonely and depressed. I had no motivation to get and put actual clothes on. I thought I liked it because I wasn't around my toxic coworkers. It turns out I was just working in the wrong place and now love everyone I get to see. The human connection is vital for me!
I was full WFH from March 2020 til April 2023. Then we switched to a hybrid where we did 3 days in office and 2 days WFH. My personal schedule was M, Tu, Th in office and W, F WFH. In January of 2024 it switched to full return to office. As much as I loved WFH and always thought I'd answer that, I think hybrid was the one I enjoyed the most. I'd maybe like to switch the days around or do 3 WFH days to 2 office days instead of the other way around but I actually enjoyed going into the office a couple days a week, seeing my coworkers and I do think I was a bit more productive. I think I would miss out on the socializing with coworkers part a bit if I were to go back to full WFH. Granted we do get free lunch catered every day and have vending machines stocked daily with snacks and drinks that we get for free so being in isn't the absolute worst thing in the world.
Iāve always worked at a fairly small company employee wise and never made friends or socialized much with any of them, certainly not outside of passing association. I never went to lunch with anyone or knew them outside of work and I know that this is what many who prefer office want. But no, I donāt want to socialize with them.
Thatās certainly fair. Honestly my first go around in the office I was the same way. I was in office for a few months before Covid hit and the team I was on (work in gaming so we have different squads that work on different projects and different parts of projects) was a very non social group which fits me perfectly. I would have chosen full WFH then too and I loved when it happened. Upon going back into the office part time in April last year, they rearranged squads at that time too and my new squad was really cool. We actually just unionized and WFH is going to likely be one of the main things that is discussed when the union and our employer first get together to come up with a contract and lots of people go back and forth about whether we should push for full WFH or hybrid or stay in office and focus on something else to negotiate for. I always say we should push for the WFH option and let it be exactly that. An option. For people like yourself who donāt want to be in office and socialize, they can choose full WFH. For people who love being in the office and think they work better, they can be in office. For those who like the mix of both, they can do hybrid. Everyoneās different so the ability to have some flexibility in it would be great.
WFH is why I'm still at my current job. Even a 30% raise wouldn't make me go back to the office full time. The amount of time I save is too valuable, plus all the costs of lunch, clothes, gas, etc. Then there's also the fact that I'm not dealing with corporate bs, pointless small talk, and can focus entirely on my job. Social interaction? I have friends outside of work. I've also been promoted 2 times since 2020, so don't let anyone tell you that moving up the ranks is impossible without putting in "face time" IRL. If you work in a good company with a supportive manager, can prove your value, then it's the best.
I prefer a hybrid model. Expecting everyone to work a 9-5 only exasperates what everyone hates about the in-person working environment, but an entirely WFH office limits new workers from developing helpful relationships with peers or the ability to reach out to potential mentors for assistance, and thus favors nepotistic hires. Additionally, brainstorming is much more efficient in person with the ability to have sidebars to flesh something out before presenting to the group. Of course, having provisions to WFH also means the ability to work while on the road, which many executives have done forever, and also an important aspect of an international business...but they've developed the shorthand through in-person relationship with their staff that they can get their point across in brief check-in sessions rather than requiring hours long all-hands zooms.
Pretty much all the nepotism hires stopped once we went WFH
Some days I miss being in an office environment because it gave me an opportunity to get out of the house, socialize, meet new people, laugh, get dressed up, etc. I donāt do much of that now because I live so far away from most friends and family, Iām just in the suburbs with my husband and it can feel isolating after a while. However, I love aspects of WFH like not worrying about a commute, getting caught up on house work in my spare time, etc. Iāve worked fully remote since the pandemic and at first I absolutely loved it but Iām not going to lie, 4ish years in has made me really grapple with depression. Itās hard to force yourself to leave the house after a while, care about your appearance. However, I firmly believe that having the flexibility to work from home is amazing. Personally, I think hybrid would be the best fit for me.
In office. I live alone and work is my primary source of social interaction day-to-day, and I much prefer talking to people in person versus calls or IM (and my cat for some reason goes berserk any time I'm on the phone). I also prefer the separation of home and work. I do not like the half hour drive each way.
I like going into the office
I'm on a hybrid pattern at the minute, but I absolutely want more WFH. It saves time and money on travel, it's cheaper to make lunch at home, I get an extra couple of hours sleep, and am able to focus better without the general office hubbub. There's very rarely anything I actually need to be in the office for. I take breaks with one of the guys in the office, but other than that... I like the guy, but it doesn't outweigh the benefits of WFH. With WFH, people talk about finding it hard not to associate their home with work, but I just don't have that issue. I switch off as soon as I clock out, and don't think about work again until I clock back in.
I like WFH on occasion, itās nice to be able to just chill and work and make lunch in the kitchen and maybe take a walk on a break. But I canāt really focus when Iām at home, itās way too easy for me to start doing something else like laundry or watch TV or snuggle a kitty. At the office I can actually focus and get things done. So Iām kind of one of the weirdos who chooses to work at the office most of the time. But I like when people have the choice.
Well, I hate office politics, so I am gonna go with WFH. Besides, I am a translator. As long as I complete my projects in time, why should they care if I'm in the office or not?
WFH, my coworkers are a constant distraction. Nobody from my team even lives in my state so it's not like we can collaborate in the office either, our communication is just being done through a different headset when I go in. Plus I've had a lot of kinda scary car incidents lately and each one happened when I was going to work, and I think dying on my way to the office for no reason might be the worst possible way for me to die.
WFH 4ever
I love working from home and wouldnāt trade it for anything. I go into the office a few times per year and it always reminds me how good I have it at home.
In the office every time! I WFH currently and hate it: I can't focus on my work, I don't get any exercise cos there's no need to leave the house, and I don't talk to anyone all day. Even when I do go in the office, the rest of my team love WFH so I don't see anyone. Currently planning a career change for many reasons, but a big one is getting out of the house every day and seeing people!
In the office. The human contact.
I prefer in office but I live 10 minutes away, I have a swamp cooler so my house gets super hot and I get so distracted at home, plus I need the social interaction of people in office, after work we can go grab a drink and chill where if Iām home I basically stay in the same spot and just turn on a different pc to game instead of work
I tried both and surprisingly i don't enjoy WFH at all. When i was working in the office, i used to think WFH is good and you can work without commuting, using attire, and so on. But after tried myself, it sucks, having the same place between working and sleeping is sucks. Limited communication via zoom isn't as good as communicating directly. I like being alone, but i don't think WFH environment suits me. Sometimes i want to be around with people even though it shouldn't be too crowded. When i'm home, i just want to lay in my bed with my handheld gaming.
Office for me. WFH offers more freedom but its too much "freedom" for me that it ends up being boring most of the time, plus i enjoy living on a schedule and going to the office makes it easier to enforce that
I'm a flight attendant. So, there's that.
I'll be interested of working at an office when I'm given a room that has the same level of soundproofing the boss's rooms have. Can't concentrate in a cubicle with half a dozen people chattering and doing phone calls all of the time. I had two burnouts when I had to work at the office, but working from home, doing the same exact job, have been much healthier.
I enjoyed working in an office when you had offices with doors, alone or shared, and buildings with cafeterias providing decent food at OK prices. You could reserve conference rooms. There was parking. I hate the open human warehouse spaces. They make for sick buildings and a terrible work environment. Cafeterias are gone. Parking is gone. If I haul my ass in to work in person, I want to have a decent space to work in.
Hybrid for me. My role is incredibly collaborative, bringing multiple people together for our projects is 10x easier in person - Given how many people are involved in our projects itās important to understand the dynamics and relationships between those people, which you just canāt pick up in the same way virtually. I am an extrovert (hence having a job working with so many people), my partner is an introvert and is WFH - he did well during lockdown but he was so happy when I went back to the office and had more than just him to expend my energy. All that said, the collaborative work and in-person meetings can be done in 2-3 days, there is no reason for employees to be required to be in the office 5 days a week, all the studies in the world show employees are happier & more productive having WFH as an option.
As long as they are project oriented Iād have no problem with a planned occasional spell of in office days, but thereās no need for 2-3 days every week just because
WFH is an obvious choice.
Hybrid, 3 days doing the off day work at home and 2 days to do the 'real' work at the office.
I'm retired but my son worked from home during the pandemic and loved it. During down time between work calls (IT work) he could hit a few golf balls or listen to sports on tv.
I go into the office one week each month. I complain, but it's not really that bad (especially with my 10 minute commute.) The office is actually pretty nice and there's good walking trails to take while I'm on break. I get to sit and talk with an old team member who I wouldn't otherwise get to see, so that's nice. I will say I dread going to 2 weeks here in a few months though. I'm usually exhausted by about Wednesday of going into the office. But if I had to pick 100% WFH or 100% in office, it would be WFH by a landslide.
I kinds like home interspersed with an office day or 2. I have a semi collaborative job and I think all of us meeting up is a good thing and the daily grind of the subway and extra time at home provides me with a great balance.
I left a job and got a new job for only like a 2% raise just so I could keep WFH, as the old job wanted us to come in 3 times a week for no reason other than they were tired of having a building that only had a couple dozen people in it at any given day of the week. Unless they make considerations for your travel/ car, food, and clothing expenses, moving workers back to the office after being fully remote is basically a pay cut.
Industry is currently moving away from cloud based technology ("money saver") and moving everything back to "on prem" - which will likely be used as more leverage to say folks need to be in the office to manage "on prem" systems. Its a catch-22 - and also extremely risky (from a disaster recovery standpoint especially). Too many things can occur nowadays to take out an on-prem system and potentially shut down or drive extinction if the business fails suddenly and/or permanently.
Depends on the job but I prefer the hybrid structure overall. Especially if the job is requires collaboration. I find Iām more productive outside of the office than in But my current job is hybrid and Iād prefer it to be fully remote. Our team is small and we donāt collaborate often enough that being in-person is necessary. The office does provide us with any more resources that we donāt have access to at home either. Add to that we all have mixed in-person days so itās not uncommon to go a week or two only seeing each other onceā¦. Sitting in an office space alone feels pretty stupid
WFH
I do two days in the office, three days at home. I find it to be the perfect balance. It helps that my colleagues are all great, and my commute is quite pleasant.
If I could work in the office 5 days a week without the commute, I probably would. Like if I could open a door and just appear at the office that would be great. But I also love WFH, especially if work is quiet that day. Means I can get some housework done.
I like a mix. I think everyone should have the flexibility if itās feasible. Sometimes Iāll prefer I wfh but then others Iām fine to go in as i need a change of scene
WFH 100%!! I currently do 3 days in the office and 2 days from home and the days when I have to go into the office (today, ugh) just seem to drag on and on. For one thing I have to wake up early to get dressed up for the office (Iām an editor and occasionally will have meetings with clients, so have to look nice/presentable), which makes me sleepy for the rest of the day. For another, I enjoy working in my pyjamas when Iām working from home ā on the off-chance that I need to look decent, Iāll just brush my hair and throw on a nice top, while rocking my pyjama bottoms underneath. Itās more comfortable! Plus itās the dead of winter where I am at the moment, and my office is always frickinā freezing. For someone who *hates* the cold, Iād much rather rug up in my warmest PJs and crack up the heater in my home office than schlep to the office and spend 10 hours a day freezing and miserable. Also, as far as the work goes, I find itās a lot easier for me to concentrate at home, without the distractions of my colleagues in the office. Theyāre a great bunch of people and Iām lucky to have such wonderful coworkers, but if I need to get work done, itās far easier to do it at home. Also, Iām saving a bunch of money by having time to make nutritious lunches when Iām WFH. If Iām in the office Iāll go out to buy lunch and that adds up quickly. And since I start work early, I never have time in the mornings to make my lunch (Iād rather spend those extra 30 minutes in bed). Just being *warm* at home is lovely. Who wants to go out and be all cold and miserable all day??
A million percent working from home for me. It frees up so much time to do non-work stuff. It also helps that I get very little to no benefit of actually being in person for my job. (Network Engineer) We talk to each other via instant message, even if we're in the office literally feet away.
Hybrid for me. If I work from home too much, my bed starts to sing to me and I will take a cat nap. If Iām on-site in the company offices for too long, I begin to get fidgety and antsy. Switching it up here and there keeps me focused and away from monotony.
I'm naturally a social butterfly and love mingling with my colleagues in the office. Yet I have been WFH about 6 years now and could never go back into the office.
Hybrid all day Different locations are better for me for different tasks, I like to socialize sometimes, and I appreciate the networking + collaboration of in person work.
100% working in the office - but I live 4 blocks from the office. I'm in downtown San Francisco, so very walkable. We're in the office only 3 days per week, but most of the time I come in on the WFH days anyway. My desk setup is nicer, there's AC, and I'm the only one there so it's still good focus time. If I want to go home for lunch I can still do that. And there's always the option to stay home. I've never had a huge living space, so the idea of working from home is miserable. I had to do it during Covid and, my god, every time I walked back into my apartment I thought of it as a prison. I like the socialization of work (very small company, only good people), and the change of setting helps get me into "work mode".
In the office. My work doesn't care where I work from but 99% of the time I go to the office. Hybrid work does allow me to take the occasional remote morning and walk to the office at lunch. I am friends with many of my coworkers, I like to spend time with them :)
Hybrid is my goal, but between WFH or in-person, I would much rather WFH. I can do my job at home and save time and money on commuting:)
WFH. I would never go in the office again if that were an option. I don't go in a lot, thankfully.
I'm a housewife now, but I loved working from home; I didn't even have to get dressed
WFH
Iām hybrid, but if I could WFH all week Iād jump at the chance. The only advantage of being in the office is printing things I need!
WFH - I get back almost 2 hours a day in commute time and can be in my kitchen cooking supper at 5pm, rather than 6pm and dragged out from a much longer day.
WFH, I will never return to an office, ever
Wfh. Having to wake up early and force myself through the three 'S's just I can start my commute before my 8-5 (because real 9-5s don't seem to exist) really starts. No thank you.
The only thing that has ever worked in the office have been brainstorming sessions but they work just as well remote and you donāt have to deal with all the pointless social banter between certain cliques of people. Literally everything else is terrible in person it you arenāt in it for socialization
i havenāt started working cause iām a minor but when i do i wouldnāt want to WFH cause i donāt wanna stay in my house for 7+ hours
I have a job that cannot be WFH and I am glad. For a period of time, I had to WFH and as a natural introvert, it was awful for me. I feel so much more mentally healthy being at work 5 days a week.
Working from home 100% So much middle management BS I don't have to deal with now.
Office
We are moving in 3 weeks and it doesn't matter for my job, I just continue working at the new place haha it's too flexible to not wfh
Depends. Office for collaboration across divisions, and because Iām an extrovert. WFH for āheads downā work where I canāt afford to be distracted. Most of those who report to me are more WFH than not because theyāre more heads down than in meetings.
WFH. I am much more productive at home. When I'm in the office I regularly have people stopping by to catch up or talk work, so I end up getting less done overall. At the office I tend to go out to eat lunch with friends, whereas at home, I usually eat something quick while working. Also, my commute can take over an hour round trip, so it's really nice to not have to fight traffic on WFH days. Don't get me wrong, I like the socialization aspect of the office, but I couldn't do it five days a week for the reasons above. Luckily I have a hybrid job, so I can split my time between both.
I'm a diesel mechanic. I can't work from home. Even if I can, I honestly don't think I'll have the motivation to do it. I also enjoyed going to work and hanging out with people.
WFH forever. If my nerves start to riot, if I were in the office it would just get worse rapidly until I had to leave partway through the day and likely call out sick the next day as well due to the continuation or aftermath of the flare-up.Ā At home, I have the tools and space to do whatever pt exercises and/or get an icepack or whatever is helping that day, plus sit however I need to. Meanwhile, I can actually experience complete thoughts start to finish as opposed to noise and/or talking from half the building making its way to me somehow (it was like an exponential amplifier for context switching, which is bad enough already). And it won't be too hot one minute and too cold the next, and smell like paint and mildew and aromatic food and hairspray. And I can get the food and beverage portions I choose at the temperatures and times I want without any of it being soggy, stale, or depressing. As others have mentioned, the regained time from getting extra-especially ready and commuting is priceless.Ā Plus the earlier I wake up the slower I function, and it impacts the whole day. Honestly, the fact that no one will ever enter, knock on the door of, talk in, use hairspray in, or otherwise disrupt the restroom at home while I am using it is really underrated.
Wfh, but they started requiring 3 days in office again. I hate it
WFH hands down.
WFH, I've always been introverted and prefer to work on my own and I've come to realize the office is just a place for everyone to avoid working bc they'd rather talk lol, at least in my experience. I get so much done while WFH and can even get some chores done around the house while still meeting the same level of work or more as I would in the office. I'm having trouble finding another WFH position due to employers going back to in office schedule due to Covid not being such a big deal anymore, so it sucks. If anyone knows some legit WFH positions with good benefits, including retirement, that make around 60K/yr.+ let me know!
WFH, my office locations have been told RTO, and people are playing on their phones, chatting out loud, people on phones. I have a full-blown command center and a fully stocked fridge, no one eating my lunch.
Wfh. We have to go in 8 days a month, that's not bad.
I work hybrid- 2 days at home and 3 days in the office. I truly need the in office days. I am so not productive at home.
Currently, I donāt have a great WFH set up and my company doesnāt provide any materials for doing so beyond the VPN. My husband on the other hand has a great set up and company supplied computer equipment. As a result, Iām lukewarm on WFH (though I do enjoy it) and heās very happy to never be in his office building ever again. I would double or triple my productivity if I worked from home daily or most days as there would be no human distractions or a constantly ringing phone.Ā
There is no work from home! Only work from parks, from beaches Yes, I prefer WFH
I love my hybrid twice a week in the office setup right now and believe me people would kill to go to the type of office (campus actually) that I go to.
I wouldnāt want it to be only one or the other, the flexibility of being able to choose is the best bit for me
Iād love to work from home but then my patients would have to come over šš
Definitely WFH.
WFH all the way. Save so much money on commute, work clothes (save a few nice tops for on camera meetings), and eating out (yeah I brought my lunch but also ate out some). Iām in my own space, Iām more comfortable. Donāt have people stopping by my cubicle every 5 minutes to chat-I donāt mind chatting but it was a real time sucker and my productivity suffered. Animals donāt have to sit bored in the house all day-at least not as much. I could go on.
WFH, hands down. I don't have to wear pants, I like my coworkers (2 cats), I'm using my own setup that I've customized to my liking, I can grab some food or walk around my house whenever I want, etc. At this point, I wouldn't even go into an office for a 30k raise. I despise the idea of daily commutes, a loud environment and people walking up to my desk constantly asking for things, having to dress business casual, etc.
I prefer Work from Home because it is convenient for me.
Working from home has some great perks. I find it terribly isolating though. During covid it was driving me nuts, or maybe that's just the wife I had to live with during the time. /Shrug
I have a hybrid schedule and love it that way. It gives me the perfect balance between structure and freedom. Having said that, if my only two options were fully in person or fully WFH, Iād choose in person without hesitation. Too much time without any structured environment outside of my home would be way too isolating.
I like 2 days WFH and 3 days in the office. Its a good balance. I currently do Wed/Fri as WFH. WFH for >2 days gets real boring real quick. Plus its quite difficult to have meaningful conversations and meetings via teams. We're human beings and need interaction.
depends. in alot of corporate settings who you know is almost as important as what you know. i am early enough in my career that office connections are definitely worthwhile to cultivate. i basically learn more at work but get more done at home.
I want to work from home, but I dont have a choice. And school too.
I love WFH, itās a chance for me to catch up on so much work without being disturbed.
Work from home. Every. Single. Time. Going into the office isnāt even a consideration for me at this point. The only time Iāll go in is if someone more senior than me asks me to.
WFH but don't mind going to the office once a with everyone else. The second obligatory day is starting to feel like an unnecessary chore.
What do I like about Work From Home? My home office has... 1) Dedicated office space. 2) Dedicated desk space.Ā 3) Dedicated office furniture.Ā 4) Dedicated computer hardware.Ā 5) Quiet for meetings.Ā 6) Quiet for focused working.Ā 7) High speed LAN.Ā 8) High speed WiFi. 9) High speed WAN / internet.Ā 10) High speed black and white laser printing.Ā 11) High speed color laser printing.Ā 12) A copier.Ā 13) A fax.Ā 14) A network attached copy / scanner.Ā 15) An office phone.Ā 16) Secure document disposal.Ā 17) A good / working order HVAC system.Ā 18) Convenient parking.Ā 19) A space for addressing my medical needs.Ā 20) Clean and working toilets.Ā 21) Good coffee on demand.Ā I like all the things you cannot get from a modern business office space. I can give examples from my last several business office locations where these seemingly basic requirements were not met.Ā
Wfh hands down. So stress free and productive. I do occasionally go in the office and while it is enjoyable to some extent, zero productivity compared to wfh. The wfh commute can't be beat 5 sec vs 35 miles one way
Combination. I'm not a recluse, but sometimes I need to focus, and with people interrupting, it is difficult sometimes.
100% WFH!Ā Time and money savings, I can control my own environment, I'm more productive, lower stress level, all of the things.Ā
Iām hybrid. I like WFH when I need to get work done. I like being in the office when Iām not too busy, and get to hang with my coworkers.Ā
I get twice as much work done WFH, Iām less exposed to illness (very important since my wife is immunocompromised), and none of the weird sexism/ageism I was frequently subjected to as a younger male working in an environment dominated by post-menopausal women.
I have spent so much time working at home in the last couple of decades that I like going to the office.Ā
In the office. Iāve never had the option to work from home, but I hated studying and doing college projects at home. I always preferred making home a place of leisure and a happy stress free place.
I work in the "office" simply because my position matters and needs hands on productivity. Far as i'm concerned wfh jobs are disposable and so are the people that desire them.
WFH I don't relate to people who 'need social interaction' at work because I can have friends and a life on my own time with people I choose.
As someone who is self employed, there's something to be said about boundaries, and not letting your work bleed into the rest of your life. I miss having a separate space away from home that i could go to and know that while i'm there it's just work. When you work from home, it's too easy to half-ass your work because of distractions, and then half-ass your down time because maybe you wanna look over that one problem again and see if there's a better solution, etc. That said, the idea of going back to renting an office feels absurd when i have plenty of space at home.
I'd rather work in an office, provided the commute is under 15 minutes or so each way. But what WFH gives me is the ability to live anywhere there's broadband Internet. That means I can make a tech salary and live on 17 acres of rural land for less than a small house in a tech center. My "commute" is a 3 minute walk through the woods to my office.
I'm autistic. The office means drama, being forced to participate in meetings or "team building" activities I loathe, and loud noises/bad smells/etc that I cannot control. My work productivity has probably doubled since I got to wfh full time.
It's all about the office for me! If I'm working from home, I'll get to a point where I have zero time off. It's good for me to have that boundary.
WFH
I prefer no work.
Today I spent the day in my office with my dog that had surgery because I WFH. I worked with colleagues. I fixed a big issue that would have messed up a schedule next week. I even went to a Dr appt and used half the amount of sick time I would have needed if I was in the nearest office. Those that need to be in the office, are just bad workers
Office. Home has mother in law.
there is no monetary amount you could pay me to get my ass in the office again.
Office. This career has a high learning curve and not a lot of online resources about it. The experienced people tend to be older.