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Nobody here is answering the question.
I think it becomes not worth it when it’s negatively affecting your mental or physical health or your relationships. I went into the office as soon as it was an option because the isolation was making me depressed and lonely.
“Honey” ? - urm no thank you, actually creeped out by being referred to like that.
Further I respect those who create processes and hate the nonsensical trivial questions of employees or “colleagues”.
However, I won’t “check myself” as nine times out of ten, you geniuses who create the process don’t actually realise how crap your process is until is associates explain that in practicality it is crap.
I.e. the genius who decided to change the onboarding process, went from a 3-5 day onboarding process to two months, or the genius who decided that payments should be done through another team instead of leaving it on desk.
Perhaps if you listen to the trivia questions you received, you may actually create a process that is useful instead of the crap that is usually touted out.
I’m in the minority but I hate working from home. I have two small children and a wife that stays home with them so it’s really hard to focus on work. I love them all dearly so it’s not about wanting to get away from them just for the sake of it. I’m just trying to work hard and provide for them. They get it. Fully remote work is almost always a deal breaker for me.
I’m working mom and got tired working from home. It felt like a treat before pandemic but full time remote was losing my mind and not progressing mentally and professionally. I felt trapped in house all day even when kids are school age and no start/end to the work and home life. Felt like living at work instead of WFH. It’s not healthy staying stuck in your bedroom to work all day.
Can’t stand FTO pretending to like colleagues and senior leadership at Barclays. Going to drinks and food after work in order to play the political game of being liked for progression 🙄 travelling to and from work in the rush. Being stressed all day.
Being chased by Wealth managers trying to micro manage me without understanding my role, what I do and how much is on my plate (had senior leadership tell them off multiple times for trying to pressure me into doing their work first, faster and more of it to the detriment of clients). Glad I left the hell hole that is barclays.
I love WFH, it’s stress free, no commute time and I produce more in less time. More time with wife, healthier meals as I can cook.
#sorryelonmusk #WFHheretostay
If you have a family it’s totally not worth it! Five days in the office please!!!
Na don’t believe you buddy, ole friend ole pal of mine…
Bad teams & managers exist both in office and WFH but for me it was far worse with WFH because in office it was quicker to to resolve problems head-on. My experience: WFH was not as productive as people claim, it took longer to get things done and resolve problems.
WFH had no real start or end to the workday because everyone else is on their own schedule (ie work an hr, disappear for 3 hours, work 2 hrs, disappear again 3 hrs, and then be back online “working” from 7pm-midnight). Most businesses operate on an 8-5 schedule, so one needs to be available to answer questions, work on tasks for clients during that window. WFH allows a lot of people to be MIA with little to no repercussions leaving rest of teammates with bulk of work because it has to get done.
WFH began to be incredibly isolating, lots of miscommunication, deadlines being missed or drag on. I was diagnosed with depression. Bosses & teammates wouldn’t talk for days, when raising issues it was brushed off. I began to wonder is this what I really want for the next 20+ yrs, be in my bedroom behind a computer screen, is that what the rest of my career will be??
I’m a working mom so I did enjoy picking up my kids from school, saving money on daycare, eating lunch with my kids during summer breaks but with all the problems I was facing with my remote team, it felt like I was living at work instead of working from home. Very little WLB with WFH. I wasn’t alone with thinking of this. Several of my working mom friends felt same way, even though they could WFH they would go into the office and stay until school pick up “it’s just too distracting being at home all day”, they needed some space between work and home.
I was fed up with the slacker culture of my team and bosses so I began accepting calls from recruiters and headhunters. I was offered an in-office role at a different company. At first I was hesitant because I would have to pay for childcare but it turned out to be well worth it to return to office and love where I work! My new company has very competitive above market benefits, got good raise & title, meaningful work & projects, great bosses that I’m learning a lot from.
I like walking from my desk to bosses office to talk about work, status of projects, ask questions. Work get done more quickly when you’re together in person. When I was working from home, I was working fewer hours but felt the day dragged on. In-office, I work a full day and the day goes by so quickly.
It is a good work environment so I do enjoy coming into the office, I like having a routine again where I get dressed and ready, and have a start and end to the work day. It’s nice to have in office events, or family stuff like bringing kids to trick or treat, kids like seeing where you work at an office. My boss is flexible when I have to take care of personal matters with my kids. I am happy again at work.
I would advise people not to knock off exploring in person roles if offered. It may well be worth more than what a WFH role can offer.
I don’t think WFH is worth if that is the only pro your company offers. I personally will not consider a WFH role again and risk the problems I had dealt with at my last job.
I love WFH. For me, it is still worth.Specially because I can finish my work fast and I don't have to pretend to work until 5 pm.
I personally prefer the WFH setup. It takes me 30 mins to an hour commute to work so it saves me a lot of time and energy. If I can deliver the same results with WFH, I don't see the significance of full RTO.
To be honest working from home has done wonders for my mental health. It's the additional blanket of security of being close to my loved ones that is quite beneficial for me. However, it does get mundane on some days and I miss my colleagues and going out to eat after work. Most of the time though I just treat it as a necessary sacrifice.
I also love WFH. We go to the office 2ish days a week and i waste 4 hours travelling/getting ready on those days
When you don’t interact with senior management...so much of promotions are related on people successfully engaging with senior management.
It's not worth it when it begines blurring the lines between your work life and personal life. Being in-office at least gives me room to separate myself from my responsibilities at home and focus on my job during work hours. When at home, I'm constantly bombarded with responsibilities because everything is right there.
For me, it's a lot harder to work from home since I don't technically have a designated workspace so I get distracted a lot. It's a big risk to my productivity being in the comfort of my own home.
I think the only downside of working from home is the challenge that comes with communicating remotely. I sometimes find it difficult to pass on a clear message to my coworkers. But overall, it gave me so much work/life balance and flexibility. More pros than cons.