#84

yeah. in some ways it’s like… well I’m cheating you here and doing nothing for most of the time that you’re paying me. but you could just pay me for three hours and let me do other things without dragging this stuff out.

I guess this is how lots of jobs are nowadays. I get to sit and watch tv. It just means every 2 minutes I miss 20 seconds of plot.

#85

Apparently we’re operating at 10 staff for every 8 desks (with goals to maybe reduced it to 6) across the organisation at the moment, so having similar conversations re: WFH. I’d love the idea of a Wednesday too but that’s when most people are available for meetings, so leaning towards a Monday instead - allows me to treat a Sunday like a full weekend day tbf so that’s not too bad

#87

My org’s London office is at 6 to 10. There was talk of going down to 5 to 10 but it didn’t come about for various reasons.

Narks me off a bit to be honest, it’s fine to have the option of working from home but its primarily about saving money for the org. Expecting people to do it also passes electric and heating costs (in the winter) onto staff. Really unfair on lower paid people in particular. Never used to do when I was in London as a result.

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#88

Yeah and most people won’t have properly suitable desk or chair or all the rest. Which is fine for a day here and there but as soon as it’s semi-regular that could be pretty bad. We’re meant to be able to get things bought for us I think if working at home becomes the norm for the individual, but the time and effort involved would put a lot of people off I’m sure.

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#89

Really good point - my setup at home would be pretty terrible as a proper regular thing.

#90

My desk and chair in my room - pretty decent

My sofa covered in a duvet for when my desk is covered in clothes and receipts and assorted crap - hmm

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#91

I have a desk and an office chair at home. I work with my laptop on my lap on the sofa though. It’s not like I haven’t spent twelve solid hours playing Civilisation like that in the past.

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#92

Worked from home for a year and most days it would get to about 1pm and i’d go and get a few Tyskies and bung some late 90s trance on.

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#93

Don’t have a job where I can just sit there doing fuck all.

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#94

I actually find myself working harder and end up doing more work when I work from home. I know?!

(I don’t believe anyone actually does this but everyone seems to say it)

#95

Yeah, I do that too. It’s like I’m compensating for the fact that people might think I’m slacking.

#96

I think it’s because you get so distracted by other things that you end up working outside of 9-5 hours and into the evening/weekends so it feels like you do more.

#97

Had my first official wfh day yesterday and really wanted to be productive, I got some stuff done but I also read dis all day :grimacing:

Gonna try and do more today cos I genuinely have loads to do

#98

I think there is something in the idea that when you’re at home you can concentrate on specific bits of work free of the distractions of an office, and meetings, phone calls etc. If (big if) I’m in the mood I could do the work I’d do in a normal office day in the space of a couple of hours at home.

No doubt that it’s a bollocks cliché in most cases though.

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#99

At home though if you get sucked too far down the distraction rabbit-hole it’s very hard to climb back up again.

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#101

As a seasoned skiver I view the Friday wfh-ers with the greatest of suspicion.

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#102

I work from home each and every Friday.

Waves from the dining table

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#103

what kind of job is this? You do it on your phone?

#104

Snake professional

#105

Working from wfh today. Had two muffins and listened to the Lana Del Rey album twice. The perfect ratio.