Working From Home

I’m starting as from Monday. Put a baby gate (extra high version) on my office door and turned the screws a few extra turns, hopefully the kids (5 and 9) and the wife won’t be able to open it.

 

Started last week, not sure when it will end not been given a time frame. Biggest issue I have is our director who I do most my work with and for us over 70 now, and he’s got family who have had cancer so he won’t be back for the 12 weeks at least.

From a selfish point of view it has left me with little to do and very bored, and the view out of the office at work is fantastic. Strange how you can miss things like that about work but it just helps with the mood. I’d say all negative so far. But it’s understandable.
Wouldn’t surprise me if I’m furloughed sooner rather than later.

 

I think a lot of people are shocked at how much harder it is. More distractions, more chance to just eat all day. Plus if kids are at home it is even worse. You wouldn’t take the kids into the office and expect to get all your work done so it is strange that people think they can do at home.

 

I always work from home but usually only a couple of days a week. You do get used to it but it feels strange at first.

Try and go for a walk on lunch if you have a lunch. Just round the block. and don’t work in the room you are going to be spending the evening in.

Also stick something on in the background if you don’t do much work on the phone. Tv show or the radio or something. Makes up for not having people to chat to

EDIT - Forgot to say, make sure you still take breaks and your lunch. Lock your laptop etc and go make a brew and have a sit for 10/15 mins away from the work. And as I said on lunch go for a walk and make yourself some lunch. Try not to eat sat at your work, it’s tempting to do that but I feel it concentrates you more if you come away from it

 

Think you may have to "dig in" Wilsden it's going to be at least another 8 weeks before you are able to enjoy the view from your office again.
I started working from home this week and have the office phone line diverted to me and am still bored the phones hardly ringing and apart from the health authority contracts I may as well not bother
Am finding being sat at my desk at the same time I would start usually helps but never thought I would say be glad to get back to the office with all its to banter

 

If we are in this situation for a few months and it works out for firms I can see a lot of them wanting to reduce office space going forward and thus reduce over heads.

hopefully if they do they look at paying for their employees broadband etc

 

Seriously, make sure you do a workstation assessment and get your set up right. Very easy to injure yourself at home if you don’t; last thing you need at the moment is a strain on your back, neck or shoulders that you cannot do anything with.

I used to manage homeworkers about ten years ago, when I was in financial services, and we did have a few issues.

Make sure you move around a bit if you are someone that can get engrossed in their work.

 

Easy solution. Nationalise it and make free for everyone

 

Wish I had option to work from home. My employers expect a lot of us in still. I have voiced my opinion to no avail

 

I know of at least a couple of telecoms firms round here that are looking at new home work packages and pricing them up just in case it does become more common.

 

I'm in the same boat. Apparently we are a "key business ".... load of feckin codswallop.

 

what do you do

 

I’m still having to go in to work too. We’re classed as a key business, we are in a way, but on the scale of being important, I’d put us right at the bottom.

 

I'm in engineering.

 

suppose it depends what your company makes.