There are a few people in my life who are in jobs that allow them the option of working from home (since Covid). I do not have that option in my (don't talk about work) workplace/job/situation.
I was wondering though, if I did, if I might be working more time than I currently am?
It's kind of a moot point - it's not going to happen but I do wonder.
I know some of my friends don't love the work from home option and have found that they now "have" to work during sick days when previously that would have been a "staying home sick" day. Others need to get out of the house or be social or other things. But I do know that for some, being home is perfect and ideal and they love it and dislike the idea of having to go in at all.
I just... there are a lot of us out there who do not have this as an option and I wonder how our lives might change for the better if somehow we did. And an irony being that I know there are jobs where people who can't work from home still take work home at night and just aren't paid for it so it's like.... maybe it could be figured out. If anyone "higher up" cared to try.
*Without context I read this as "what the f***ing hell"... just saying!
2 comments:
I'm one of the lucky ones that can still work from home. I really enjoy it, mostly. Most days I'm on the phone for 5-8 hours for various conference calls with people from various location in the US, Canada, and Europe. On days that going to an office to sit in my office with the door closed just doesn't make sense. Being in finance, I don't work with a team brainstorming, rather if there are issues to discuss team members that sit in various locations in the US just get on the phone and talk through the issue...it works well.
I'm technically supposed to go to my office 2 days a week, but my office is in one of the 15 plants that I'm responsible for the finances for, so it's a bit of a silly argument my office at the plant is any better than my office at home.
I probably work a little less working from home because I'm not wasting the 30 minutes of commuting I would have if I drove to the office (yes, I'm spoiled living and working in Smalltown, ON). The meshing of home and work can be a bit difficult to manage sometimes, but at least I'm at home with the family rather than sitting at the plant by myself.
There are many, many jobs that can be done remotely, but it makes managing people more difficult and managers actually have to trust their team to get the work done...imagine treating employees like the adults they are. Shocking. It's hard work managing remote teams, so upper management defaults to forcing employees into a location so management can "manage".
Thanks for the insight into another version, and I'm super glad it works for you!
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