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[Boomernichols]

@willdob3  There are for sure advantages from working at home.  Most people are literally drawing more in unemployment staying home than they are working full time and driving to and fro.

[peace6576]

People working from home are not getting unemployment. We are not unemployed just working virtually, hence the words working from home. 🙄

[VaBelle35]

I've worked from home a lot, although not much the last 2 years.  I am enjoying not have enjoyed not having to go into the office.

I have some things I need to do in the office now, so I've gone in 3 times.  We are to continuing working from home for the foreseeable future, there is no expectation for people to go back to the office any time soon.

Fine by me.

[CelticCrafter]

All my son-in-law has to say to one of the dogs is, time to go to work now - she will pick out a toy and follow him into the office with it!

[San Antonio Gal]

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@Boomernichols wrote:

@willdob3  There are for sure advantages from working at home.  Most people are literally drawing more in unemployment staying home than they are working full time and driving to and fro.

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@Boomernichols  - Working from home folks don't draw unemployment.  We are WORKING remotely - not unemployed.

Unemployed people are drawing unemployment.   Quite different from working-from-home.

[willdob3]

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@VaBelle35 wrote:

I've worked from home a lot, although not much the last 2 years.  I am enjoying not have enjoyed not having to go into the office.

I have some things I need to do in the office now, so I've gone in 3 times.  We are to continuing working from home for the foreseeable future, there is no expectation for people to go back to the office any time soon.

Fine by me.

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@VaBelle35   I was really hoping to be told to continue working from home for now, too. There is no reason not to. But they want everyone back in the office anyway. With what might happen in the coming months, I question the wisdom of that decision.

It will be easy to start from home again if needed. Then again, things really have not improved now; the decision to go back to the office is more along the country-wide feeling that people are tired of dealing with the virus and want to get back to “normal.”

[SurferWife]

I've been working full-time from home for about five years now, so not much has changed for me during this pandemic.  Most employees from my company are now working from home, and many are chomping at the bit to go back to the office. Me? No way! The benefits of working at home far outweigh the benefits of working in the office. I save three hours of commute time per day, wear & tear from the daily commute on my Detroit muscle, as well as monthly parking fee.  I've informed my boss on several occasions that for me working from home is like a marriage, till death us do part.

[SurferWife]

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@San Antonio Gal wrote:

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@Boomernichols wrote:

@willdob3  There are for sure advantages from working at home.  Most people are literally drawing more in unemployment staying home than they are working full time and driving to and fro.

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@Boomernichols  - Working from home folks don't draw unemployment.  We are WORKING remotely - not unemployed.

Unemployed people are drawing unemployment.   Quite different from working-from-home.

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@San Antonio Gal 

No kidding! I don't quite understand how someone can equate working from home with being unemployed at home. Working from home, having an office in the home, is quite normal, regardless of this pandemic.

[VaBelle35]

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@willdob3 wrote:

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@VaBelle35 wrote:

I've worked from home a lot, although not much the last 2 years.  I am enjoying not have enjoyed not having to go into the office.

I have some things I need to do in the office now, so I've gone in 3 times.  We are to continuing working from home for the foreseeable future, there is no expectation for people to go back to the office any time soon.

Fine by me.

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@VaBelle35   I was really hoping to be told to continue working from home for now, too. There is no reason not to. But they want everyone back in the office anyway. With what might happen in the coming months, I question the wisdom of that decision.

It will be easy to start from home again if needed. Then again, things really have not improved now; the decision to go back to the office is more along the country-wide feeling that people are tired of dealing with the virus and want to get back to “normal.”

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Hopefully your place will allow some flexibility for people who would prefer to stay home.

I didn't think I was anxious about going back but a few weeks ago when the mood turned to "how do we open back up," my company put out a communication shutting all the talk down.

My first move was to order more workout clothes from Target ;o)

[VaBelle35]

My company has always had the ability for some jobs that are work from home eligible, either as an official 100% telecommuter, occasional based on weather or having something you need to be at home for or casual based on workload and in person meetings.

For years, I've talked to people who absolutely cannot work from home.  They need to be around people, they thrive in a busy office.  

I work best going into the office maybe one day a week/every 10 days.  I find if I stay out for 2 weeks or more that re-entry is tough and I put off going in and have to force myself to go in.  And then I have to allot for time for chatting with people and catch up on gossip and other department news.

I work best over a 12 hour period where I can stop and take break and get back at it.

My days are not set, but an ideal day is to start a 6, take care of the West Coast stuff from the previous day, have my morning coffee and watch CNBC and then get back at it until 3 or 4.  I like to take a tea break and watch Hot Bench and then get back at it for a couple of hours.

Most days, if I open my email before 9 am I am drinking my morning coffee at 1 and having lunch at 6.