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Seems every Company now is starting to prepare employees to come back to work like where I’m at Government.

  1. It sucks, I’m losing Parking space.

  2. I gotta where a Mask now.

Do you like the WFH situation?

Would you go back to work if you had to?

Would you look for another job to WFH if you had to go back on site to work?

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I never had an opportunity to work from home outside of a couple sick days. I honestly think that working from home is great for some people while detrimental to others. People that can’t stay focused on a task usually seem to be AFK for thirty minute chunks. Then we have the WFH proteges that seem to get more accomplished (less office distractions?).
Not having had this “luxury”, I would think WFH is the way to go. Or maybe some sort of hybrid system that leans on more days at home.

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As a semi retired and allergic to seeing 6AM unless I’m still wake then, I am in favor of WFH!

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Im sorry if it was fine before and now the world is having an option given to them to not have to go back… A lot of companies are going Hybrid in many cases, we have a HUGE WFH base now since the past 2yrs of Covid being introduced aswell.

I myself never really had the luxury of WFH since I was onsite the whole time but maybe 1 day a week, since I was considered essential for all of IT needs, but I think it is beneficial for some and can get right to work instead of taking time to drive into the office and then others do work better in a more structural environment .

Some just work better in a more confined atmosphere and can juggle distractions compared to others, kinda like classroom learning vs virtual

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I have been in the office every day so what is this wfh you talk about.?

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My 3.5 mile commute (5.5 miles if the short cut road is muddy) is pretty strenuous.

We only have to wear a mask when we leave the cave (er office)

But, with IP phone systems, fast internet and remote support software, working from home is not much different that being physically at work for a good portion of what we do. It still helps to have a warm body to unjam the printer, power cycle something, or worst case actually replace a piece of hardware.

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Do you like the WFH situation? I can WFH when I want usually.

Would you go back to work if you had to? I have never stopped going to work.

Would you look for another job to WFH if you had to go back on site to work? No, but I did get another job because the previous one became toxic.

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Never had luxury to WFH except for 1 month. Would love to though.

Have friends that wfh and say they would not like to go back unless they don’t have any other option.

Have heard from some people that they can’t wait to go back to office for the social aspect.

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I WFH a couple of days a week. Its kind of good to be in the office the other days as sometimes physical things need completed, but that obviously depends on the job. I don’t see many people wearing masks these days, but don’t know your locale. Can you ask about a hybrid approach?

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I miss WFH. I was a lot more productive.

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I’ve been at work the entire time except like 4 months. I had to wear a mask for like 6 months, but that’s the extent of measures I was force to endure. Personally, I like working at my place of business. But I prefer my home to be home, I barely do any technology related things at home.

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I feel like this topic pops up weekly now lol.

Benefits to the company in a WFH setting:

  • You don’t have to furnish a space in a building
  • You don’t even have to have the building anymore (pending datacenter, etc)
  • You don’t have to worry about parking
  • Sick days go down
  • It’s hard for staff to be “late” anymore
  • Even if you keep the building (see above) you pay substantially less for utilities now
  • etc etc

Benefits to the company in an office setting:

  • The older crowd can visually see butts in seats and that makes them feel like things are happening
  • Actual human can interaction is good … sometimes
  • …
  • You’re closer to the datacenter?

I still don’t understand why this has become such a hot topic and why there is as much debate and discussion as there is. In most cases, having staff utilize their own house, utilities, internet, etc… is going to be a win. There are obviously exceptions to every rule and some folks just cannot do their jobs remotely. We aren’t talking about those folks though as they’ve likely been in-building the entire time, including 2020.

Our company found that productivity went up… significantly, in fact. We found that morale went up as well, since we were giving the employees the ability to be more flexible in their lives and not make each day revolve around getting to work, working, and getting home to spend a couple hours with your family before bed. The benefits of WFH are many and I think despite the current small wave of some workforces going backward, we’re going to collectively see more flexibility and WFH options moving forward - as the standard.

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The only perk of the current job is WFH otherwise I’d be moving on in a heartbeat.

I do wonder about the young ones not at least having that on site office experience though.

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My new job is pretty oldschool. The other day I had to tell somebody they’d have to call in sick… because they’re home sick! I couldn’t spend all day troubleshooting their personal computer.

Employers are still granting paid sick leave but nobody needs it if you can WFH while sick.

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All of our restrictions were lifted in the past ten days and what a breath of fresh air. Having been in the office and client offices the whole time, it is just business as usual without the diaper on my face.

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Today is my first day back to work in person, it will be just Mondays and Fridays going forward. I’ve got a spare bedroom setup as an office at home and I much prefer WFH.

Save time, money, and is easier on my health. Also less people wanting to gossip distracting me from work.

If I had to come back to the office full time, especially in the winter. I’d probably quit and visit other employment options.

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Yeah, that’s the thing, I think if a company is going to offer WFH as a full time option for some, then they need to reduce their sick days. There are still some days when you are really really sick and can’t work, but staying home just to wait out the 24 hr fever free thing or whatever is a waste of sick time. Our company has never given just sick time, they lump it all together with PTO, so with WFH options, it makes you lose much less PTO to being sick but not so sick that you can’t work. So I hope they don’t reduce ours.

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This paragraph right here explains why this is such a debated topic: companies are still fighting to give people autonomy over their schedules. WFH shouldn’t be such a taboo subject anymore and getting the old ways of thinking out of the equation will be slow & painful for many who want that flexibility to make their own choice.

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I WFH 80-90% of the time now and won’t mind more face-to-face time in the office in the future.

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I’ve been WFH for the last 2 years. I’m lucky enough to have changed jobs during that time and walked into a WFH situation. I’ve only gone into an office when absolutely necessary. I do have the option to work on a hybrid schedule if it’s needed. I don’t mind working in office but there’s got to be a reason that I physically need to be there with the amount of remote tools/software available these days.