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What annoys you about WFH
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I work from home 2 days a week. I love it. I would go back to 5 days a week like Covid if my company allowed me to (they don't, I've asked, even though I can do 99.99% of my job perfectly fine remotely).
I was wondering this morning - as much as I love working from home and the freedom it brings you to do your own stuff if needed, like putting laundry on etc - what annoys you about it?
As I'm not exactly the worlds best people person the lack of human contact doesn't particularly bother me, but it's the fact I am then expected by my neighbours (who've figured out my WFH schedule) to play Parcel Man and take in any packages for them during a day from postman, couriers etc. I've even seen notes plastered to our shared front door *leave with flat x, someone is home*. I'm not asked if I would mind. And it annoys me twofold: one, a courier always arrives during a meeting and constantly presses my buzzer until I answer, and two when I leave requests for my packages to be left with neighbours no one ever takes it in and I have to reschedule a delivery or go to the sorting office. |
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I work from home a couple of days a week and find I'm easily distracted at home despite being here alone!
Also I tend to go out for lunch or coffee more when working from home just to get out of the house.
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Apart from occasionally getting interrupted mid wank by a phone call it's pretty good.
I do miss odd bits of chit chat throughout the day though.
Saving the commute to Penrith is definitely worth it. |
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I WFH most of the time now and would really struggle going back to the office regularly.
I miss the general office fun and random meets and chat but I'm pretty good on my own and very busy. My main issue is my lack of exercise being chained to the desk so much.
But so many positives including seeing the kids so much more and being able to pick up dodgy deliveries before the neighbours notice |
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I work at home most of the time and the biggest annoyance is that people know I work from home, so most of my meetings are on Teams. They see a gap in the diary and add meetings, which can result in having days which are pretty much back to back bouncing from one call to another.
That didnt happen when working in the office, because a lot of 'meetings' could be dealt with as an informal chat at the desk.
Plenty of positives though, the main one being that I dont have to commute daily into Liverpool any more. Car or train were a nightmare. |
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I cannot think of any negative that would trump anything WFH gives me.
It is a privilege that I worked hard to get comapny to accept that I am actually more productive at home then any time I spend in an office. my work requires quiet concentration. Whenever I used to visit the office I only got half as much done.
I've always been fairly gregarious so outside of home working I have tennis and get all the friendly banter and socialising with other men I need from that. Luckily I've been doing that since well before WFH so the transition was easy. |
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It annoys me that my office set-up takes up space in my home and is always visible. I feel as though I'm living in the office and it's far too easy for me to log in on weekends and holidays and work stupidly late into the night.
There's no separation of work time and space and personal time and space any more. |
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"I work at home most of the time and the biggest annoyance is that people know I work from home, so most of my meetings are on Teams. They see a gap in the diary and add meetings, which can result in having days which are pretty much back to back bouncing from one call to another.
That didnt happen when working in the office, because a lot of 'meetings' could be dealt with as an informal chat at the desk.
Plenty of positives though, the main one being that I dont have to commute daily into Liverpool any more. Car or train were a nightmare."
Yep, back to back from 8.30 until 5.30 today, without even a 5 minute comfort break!
At least when I get bored in a meeting I can turn my camera off and mess about online though. |
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I hate working from home because I feel like I’m paying rent and bills for my employer AND simultaneously losing a whole room of my home.
I also hate that I’m less productive or structured. Things in work that used to take 10 minutes now require booking a meeting days in advance and then after asking the question you’ll wait days again to get a response.
I work in a formerly fast paced and creative environment. Since Covid it’s taken around 6 months to do the same amount of work we’d previously get done in 6-8 weeks.
Whole thing is awful and I don’t believe a single person that says they’re more productive from home. I know a lot of people enjoy chilling and that’s ok. But it frustrates me because I like to learn and achieve things, quickly. |
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"I work at home most of the time and the biggest annoyance is that people know I work from home, so most of my meetings are on Teams. They see a gap in the diary and add meetings, which can result in having days which are pretty much back to back bouncing from one call to another.
That didnt happen when working in the office, because a lot of 'meetings' could be dealt with as an informal chat at the desk.
Plenty of positives though, the main one being that I dont have to commute daily into Liverpool any more. Car or train were a nightmare.
Yep, back to back from 8.30 until 5.30 today, without even a 5 minute comfort break!
At least when I get bored in a meeting I can turn my camera off and mess about online though."
Exactly what I do.
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"I hate working from home because I feel like I’m paying rent and bills for my employer AND simultaneously losing a whole room of my home.
I also hate that I’m less productive or structured. Things in work that used to take 10 minutes now require booking a meeting days in advance and then after asking the question you’ll wait days again to get a response.
I work in a formerly fast paced and creative environment. Since Covid it’s taken around 6 months to do the same amount of work we’d previously get done in 6-8 weeks.
Whole thing is awful and I don’t believe a single person that says they’re more productive from home. I know a lot of people enjoy chilling and that’s ok. But it frustrates me because I like to learn and achieve things, quickly."
I completely understand where you are coming from as it is definitely a horses for courses thing. I desperately need peace and quiet to do what I do. People constantly interrupting me is my worst nightmare. When I am not working I crave human interaction and fun. If I didn't have a good social life I think it would drive me insane. |
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Very little, I switch the door bell off if I need not to be disturbed. If deliveries come at inappropriate times then there's instructions. If they don't follow them it will have to be redelivered.
People in the house respect the necessary boundaries for my work.
It works very well for me. Yes I miss a bit of the social interaction, but that's positively offset on missing the drama too. I tend to hear it as an observer rather than a participant, which makes it a source of humour.
Speaking of which I need to go to the office, so to speak. Thank you for reminding me. |
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