Heno The can improve Soho House by stopping it being crammed full of utter cunts. Much cheaper.
The Covid19 WFH Thread
Once you get rid of / don’t need all that office space, you can create flats / homes for people. I’m sure the owners will do just fine whatever happens
Our office is due to reopen on 1st June (subject to what Boris says at his next update of course). Screens between desks, one person in the kitchen at a time etc. Staff are being reminded that they can remain at home if they wish though. I will go in to pick a few things up, but we will definitely be moving towards home working in the future.
The pros are that you can just log off and you’re home, but the con to that is that sometimes the drive home helps me de-stress a little bit. E-mail traffic has also gone through the roof, so I’m arguably busier than if I was in the office.
My home set up is ok, but not ideal, so I am getting back pains, mild RSI etc. Will definitely need to address that.
gcw I’m training on my bike every morning, but am missing the evening commute home, which I actually enjoy and is good to de-stress. At the minute, I finish work about 7:30 and then a bit moody for an hour or so.
vinnyt77 Here Here!
It annoys me that you still had this old school attitude towards shirking from home. Especially from people in companies that have an active policy of issuing WFH days. I had a run-in last year where one of my managers complained about not knowing when I was WFH, yet my other three managers were totally fine with my working arrangements as long as I was getting the work done. Ended up having to be hyper-anal for a period of time.
Along_the_Wire I know that feeling. I had a pig of a day earlier this week and just couldnt switch off at all for the evening, not good for mental health long term at all.
gcw Another good thing our company have been doing, other than the mental wellness check-ins and company surveys/calls, is they’ve been pretty much allowing us to expense essential equipment and now they are going to roll out work station checks for home offices due to the complaints of back pains etc.
Whether they agree to sign-off on a 2k floating desk or an anatomically perfect swivel chair I dont know.
Am looking forward to the Soho House membership. I can ledge it up on the work front during the day and then ledge it up on the socialising front in the evening.
All under the same roof too.
Mustard.
Along_the_Wire The can improve Soho House by stopping it being crammed full of utter cunts. Much cheaper.
But then they’d lose their membership fees, which would actually be more costly.
Is there a cereal cafe in soho house?
Ffs. Ooh me back. Do a few deadlifts and have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up.
hugopal I know, it was just an excuse to say that it’s full of cunts.
Lol as I get nearer to the big 4-0 I do notice how my body doesn’t recover from things so easily!
Top buzz on the lack of traffic and improved air quality. Government should smack a whopper of a tax on all business and first class flight tickets now. They won’t, ever, but I can dream.
2 months later
I’ve had another massive cunt of a week this week and next week is looking awful - been in the office four days this week - lot more people in to, it’s actually been alright in that respect.
Today, I’m working from home and have properly taken my foot off the gas - I’m taking my pay cut back today and spending it mostly watching cricket.
Anyone else back at work?