Working from home

I have a home office but most of my work involves being out in the field....I do have days where i never leave the house doing paperwork...i will echo what most others say about having a dedicated space
 
I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned it but one of the best things about working at home is taking a shower at lunch. I’m not sure why it is so great but it is.
 
Oh BTW, don’t fantasize about having a quickly with the wife on your lunch. My wife is adamant that NOBODY does this.
 
Ferrisfan said:
Oh BTW, don’t fantasize about having a quickly with the wife on your lunch. My wife is adamant that NOBODY does this.
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She's wrong...... You can tell her I said that if it helps your case.
 
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I'm just glad the kids all went back to in person learning. It was messing with my routine.....
 
WFH. Took a bit of learning. A lots of Zoom, BlueJeans, conference, etc calls.
I did a lot of on-line training courses for customers, numerous presentations for virtual conferences, and participated in engineering design meeting at all hours of the day and night.. I.e. Asia Europe etc.
Not having to deal with a 1 hour 50 mile drive each way was great…

I was full time for awhile and then placed on part time (3 days) without a drop in workload and people not paying attention to my being unavailable on my days off. Boss said to take compt time that never worked and got upset when I didn’t attend important meetings

When we returned to on-site and I was left on part time but expected to be available on-line for meetings on my days off.
I finally said enough and retired… I was nice when I left but now regret not telling them how bad I felt about getting screwed.
 
RFMan said:
I do have to say, that after 13 years of my own office, I'll not go back to a cube unless it's dire straits. Cubes SUCK for technical, focused work. If I'm doing calculus for you for pay, you can damn well give me some quiet to do it in...or you won't get good results. On the other hand, for proposals, working out a problem in front of a white board, and general brainstorming...being in the office is quite beneficial.
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About a year ago, I changed jobs within the same organization. Part of the change involved moving to another building on the other side of town. With that came some advantages, like not having to park far away from the office building and walking, which really sucks in pouring down rain. The biggest negative, however, was going from an office to a cube; and I had been in an actual office for the last 20 years. Fortunately, there aren't many of us here and while not very big, the cubes are 8' tall, and there are conference rooms and what not that can be used when you need quiet or privacy.

Since they went back to the office last summer, we've been working from home one day a week and have flexibility in what day. From what I am hearing is in the works, many of us may officially go to a hybrid model working from home a few days a week. I actually think this makes sense in that it is a win for the employee in terms of flexibility, more personal time versus driving and it has lower costs for both the organization and the employee. As I have said, what is the benefit of being in the office when instead of meeting face to face we end up doing it from Zoom, even if we're 10' away from each other. The office has become a box with internet access.
 
Only done it briefly, but didnt enjoy it. I like getting out of the house, get cabin fever too easily.
 
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