The Covid19 WFH Thread

i hate going into the office and much prefer being at home

I hate every cunt in the office and much prefer being at home.

I’m in one day a week, quite happy with that. My missus is doing 4-5 days a week now and we both work for similar types of companies in the city of london. Am hoping we don’t get told to come back 4-5 days a week

I pop into the city purely for bants & shopping now.

wfh makes me miss nice / interesting people but less tolerant of the rude, dirty, ugly majority

https://www.ft.com/content/96552545-af37-490b-826a-a1f1a20172ee

The big players are rolling in it as expected. More evidence emerging that the deaths have been massively overstated and the median age of death is as first thought, above 80 years, means that the greater risk is potentially an adverse reaction to the vaccine.

Hursty maybe Matt Le Tissier wasn’t such a wally after all…

Oh he’s still a proper melt case alright.

Along_the_Wire that’s an interesting point and you could well be right about this but I guess it’s also possible the recession will make firms more willing to offer wfh as a way of cutting costs: fewer, smaller offices means fewer, smaller energy bills. Plus you can pay people less if they don’t have to commute in, right?

Will be interesting to see how it plays out but my gut feel is that being office-based as standard is dead and buried now.

Young colleagues also want to work in the office for camaraderie not to mention the fact they don’t have a designated office to work in at home. A shared kitchen/bedroom doesn’t cut it.

Cankles-McJeggings You’re right. I still miss the original Saturday line up though

alistair I don’t think it’s that simple. I know youngsters that def fall into that category, others are wfh as it’s much cheaper for them (especially if living at home), the more reserved youngsters seem to wfh more as it fits with their personalities. That may have a longer term impact on their development and growth.

I think decent companies should be investing a lot more in understanding what works best for the employee and the company and create more guidance.

I’ve seen some youngsters working in the office alot more but complaining that their colleagues are still wfh so it’s not really benefitting them. And they aren’t getting to meet others across the business to build up their contacts and exposure, as no one knows where anyone is in an office these days.

Along_the_Wire you took the words right out of my mouth. Stay at home and tread water. I have worked in sales and BD all my life and you don’t forge the kind of essential relationships both inside and outside the office needed to progress stuck at home all week. Different if you are a number cruncher in accounts etc.