People are tired of working from home

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dangermows said:
Your employer should be providing you with the same kit you had a graft. Our place forked out loads.


I have two, but often just work with one. It's nee bother, just like it wasn't years ago when it was the norm. Guess it depends on your job as well.
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Can’t blame them for that mate. Can get the screens and that, my kip is our first house so small so no where to fit it. We’ve managed to set up an officey type space in the sitting room, but the ‘desk’ is a side table.

When we bought it, only my wife worked from home and could manage with a laptop. To be fair I get by but it’s a massive pain in the arse, got to load different systems off different portals and they keep locking while I’m doing other shit.
 
Seaham Towny said:
Can’t blame them for that mate. Can get the screens and that, my kip is our first house so small so no where to fit it. We’ve managed to set up an officey type space in the sitting room, but the ‘desk’ is a side table.

When we bought it, only my wife worked from home and could manage with a laptop. To be fair I get by but it’s a massive pain in the arse, got to load different systems off different portals and they keep locking while I’m doing other shit.
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Fairy nuff marra. I think many places will look at things like this when looking to bring a reduced workforce back in.
 
offmenut said:
I'm desperate for our lass to stop working from home.
And seriously, it can't be good for relationships, both partners working from home and being under each others feet all day.
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It isn’t, I go out on my lunch hour and sometimes after work to literally just wander about and listen to podcasts and such.
 
Charmless Man said:
The quote is a bit out of context. He’s said people
will want a mix. Which is absolutely correct.
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And describes a mix as wfh couple of days a month :lol: The article does mention other businesses though who are downsizing and looking to have a 2/3 week, which is much more in line with a lot seem to prefer.
 
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I finally got back out on the road last week. While I did start to enjoy WFH, its good to get out and see some of the members of our team face to face, rather than on Teams.

Hotels are empty though, unless its just the way it is in Coventry :lol:
 
RossTheNinja said:
Don't miss the office. I miss the pub.

You'd have to think a few relationships will have hit the rocks during this debacle.
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Worse for some who've had to keep going to work through all this.
A fella I've worked with for sixteen years got it at work same time as me mid Jan. Took it home to his CEV wife. She passed away yesterday.

There's been no f***ing lockdown with millions still having to go to work and taking the virus back into our homes
 
Keawyeds said:
I'm not allowed to grow my hair. The Mrs saw pictures from when it was past my shoulders.
Also vetoed.
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During lockdown 1 my Mrs vetoed the grade2 all over, so I didn’t have a haircut or beard trim from Feb. I went away to play cricket in August and my wife offered to pick me up from the station when I got back. I had a backpack and was wearing a coat and a baseball cap on when I walked out of the station. My wife and daughter were in the car and looked at each and said Dad looks like a tramp.
When I finally got to the barbers, the lass got halfway through the cut and then said, “Christ, it’s you. I never recognised you.”
 
Bukowski said:
I'm fed up with it now. I don't have to go back to an office but I'd love to work pretty much anywhere else other than my home right now. Home is for relaxing and putting a full stop on the working day, the lines are far too blurred now.

Sick as fuck of cooking three meals a day and cleaning up after myself as well.
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This. Hate it.
 
RossTheNinja said:
Don't miss the office. I miss the pub.

You'd have to think a few relationships will have hit the rocks during this debacle.
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Our lass has said a few times she's looking forward to us having a night out. I keep saying surely you're looking forward to a break and having a laugh with your mates first?
 
RestlessNatives said:
Says man whose livelihood relies on people going into the office.
www.bbc.co.uk

Covid: 'People are tired of working from home'

Canary Wharf expects people to return to the office but may choose home working some of the time.
www.bbc.co.uk
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I'm tired of working from home. I feel isolated.
Bukowski said:
I'm fed up with it now. I don't have to go back to an office but I'd love to work pretty much anywhere else other than my home right now. Home is for relaxing and putting a full stop on the working day, the lines are far too blurred now.

Sick as fuck of cooking three meals a day and cleaning up after myself as well.
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What the man said^
 
The other thing to consider is that not everyone lives in a house with space. A junior lives in a house share in which he has one room, his bedroom and that's not to mention people that live in flats. Simply not feasible for some.
 
I think the people wanting to return to the office are the reason why so many want to work from home.

the type that want to talk endlessly while you’re trying to get something done.

the type that have few friends outside of work and little social activities.
 
monkeytassle said:
The other thing to consider is that not everyone lives in a house with space. A junior lives in a house share in which he has one room, his bedroom and that's not to mention people that live in flats. Simply not feasible for some.
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I’ve mates who live in households of 5 or 6 in London. Nowhere else to work from, just consigned entirely to their bedrooms all day at the moment. They’re champing at the bit to get back in and have some breathing space.
Hep said:
I think the people wanting to return to the office are the reason why so many want to work from home.

the type that want to talk endlessly while you’re trying to get something done.

the type that have few friends outside of work and little social activities.
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Strikes me more like it’s those who loathe being around other people full stop that don’t want to return to the office ever.

Multitude of less reductive reasons than that for and against WFH - which is why more flexible working is the answer IMO. The sociopaths can stay at home mostly and the needy gobshites can do 5 days a week ;)
 
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