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I'm loving WFH. The first few weeks were tough, but now I have a good routine. I work fewer hours overall, but I still get the same amount done. It's like I was wasting time at work walking around talking to people, etc 😂 I do miss the social aspect, but it's a far better work/life balance. Not that it was bad before 🤷‍♂️

I imagine the money saved from driving in daily is more than the slight utility increase from working at home.

I'm surprised that 6 people want to return to the office. I love WFH life. If I had kids, other people, or general chaos in my house - I think I would feel otherwise. It's peaceful and I'm able to get more work done at home. When this all started I built some shelves, bought a desk, and made a proper office in my guest room. Having a dedicated office makes a huge difference in productivity and being able to separate home and work life. I try to go for one walk a day around lunch. And, any conference calls that I just listen to, I try to be outside as much as possible. It breaks up the monotony.

if you end up wfh for some time from here on out, remember there are tax benefits - provided your home office isn't a kitchen table or your bed. i'm not sure if it's applicable for a portion of the year or not (or if any amount during the year qualifies). it's something to keep in mind for next year. i write off a ton of stuff, percentage of my house used for office, utilities, other expenses (think of your computer if it wasn't provided by the employer, the physical phone you use, any installations to wire your work area, etc). depending on your employer/employee relationship, consider asking them to supplement utilities (internet / phone) if you can highlight that your wfh saves them money in the long run. as an employer though, i'd be skeptical of any employee with a child under school age in the home - or working from a sofa - to be even remotely as productive as they would be in an office, that's just my opinion. it really depends on the job. some employers are paying you for your time, some are employing you to just take care of whatever your tasks are. our employer is confident enough with wfh now that it's basically set in stone for everyone into perpetuity. when the next actual physical 'meeting' will be is anyone's guess and it would likely be something 'social' with some work talk peppered in rather than an actual business meeting.

And the majority of people suck at Zoom / video meetings. Just fucking @mute1080 yourself. Especially older folks (no offense).

Oh absolutely. Working from home with flexibility will be the new thing. Those who want and need to be in the office, go for it. If you want to work from home and come in when you have big meetings or such, great. Shoveling employees into small cubicals will be a past for many employers. I've enjoyed the flexibility and have adjusted fairly well to being at home (minus not having a true desk area - which is in the works). My boyfriends company has scheduled September 14th as their re-opening the office. His company was one that thought everyone had to be at the office to do their jobs and it became very clear that was not the case. They've maintain efficient and worked through some tight deadlines with no issues.

I think this has made a lot of companies realize that employees can be just as productive from home. It took me a bit of time but I know I have adjusted well and seem to have created even more flexibility than I have been able to before. Of course I realize that is not as easy for everyone or applicable to all professions, but I still think some organizations are going tone more open to the option in the future - pandemic or not.

Our office has determined to reopen effective July 13th. We have some strict guidelines and things that will be in place for those who want and can return to the office. Should be interesting to see how this all goes. We sent a survey out to the employees to gauge their readiness and only 6 people said they were eager and ready to return. For a while we will be on a every other week onsite schedule so I will still get to enjoy working from home.

Cut some lines myself over the weekend at my parents house. Got to use the battery powered mower.

Is this the first time your employer has offered mandatory layoffs? In this economy even getting a years pay for an older employee doesn’t seem worth it as it would be difficult to find a new job with comparable salary/benefits. What I see happening is when the dust settles a lot of furloughed employees probably won’t be hired back..

I'd prefer to work from home at least a few days a week but that probably won't happen once people are back to work. Still going in once or twice a week, which is fine with me. The company I work for is offering voluntary layoffs with severance packages based on years of service (to try and get rid of people who have been there a long time). Not a bad deal if you have another job lined up...I'd end up with 18 weeks of pay + payment for unused vacation. My friend would get close to a year (49 weeks), but hes not planning on taking it.

Working from home isn’t good for me for numerous reasons: 1. I’ll sleep til noon 2. I don’t like being bothered at home 3. I’ll get distracted too easily

PA to allow outdoor dining, even in yellow phase, starting June 5th. as for work from home, I enjoy it, but I’d be ready to go back to the office if allowed.

Productivity goes through the roof when you take out a commute, getting ready etc....I don't think I could ever go into an office again.

I think people like the socialization of working in an office and the water cooler chatter..can talk about last nights episode of Friends or Dancing with the Stars and hate on Deb from accounting.

I like the owl. Girls and Toast are so decorative.

I hope delivery guy waited a few more minutes after he set this to let the caulk bleed out a little more and trimmed it a bit. That’s the only thing wrong I see.

Yeah but being home all those extra hours with the lights on when before she was at work would make a difference right??

Generally agree but running large meetings and connectivity issues at times is getting old

I'm not going to judge anybody who is wearing a mask when it may seem odd to. You never know if someone is immunocompromised or living with people who are. I know a lot of my friends who are nurses and physicians wear masks often because of their potential exposure. As for people yelling across the street at others to put on their mask... they sound like absolutely miserable people.

I have no problem with masks in stores but Boulder county requires masks outside too. I wear a buff and when someone passes on a tight trail I put it up. But when walking my dog around my neighborhood when I can easily cross the street it’s annoying. Like the other day when a masked women was on the other side of the street she yelled at me for not pulling up my buff when I passed her....ACROSS THE STREET. Some people just like to argue I think. Se e lots of people alone in their cars with masks and walking down an empty street with a mask, kind of overkill.

It was probably a Cum and Go back then.

Just received the new sneakers I ordered online(first ever online shoe purchase) but didn’t receive the socks I ordered.

If my job ever becomes 100% work at home I'm changing careers. Working at home is nice in moderation but I need to get back out in the real world at some point. Absolutely can't see myself working at home for the next 30 years without social interaction, my morning routine, changing scenery, etc