If you’re WFH

[librarychica]

Your biggest loves and hates.

I love the flexibility with the unknown kid sitch right now, I hate remote staff meetings. It’s weird because half of my reports are in different states anyway so our meetings were always remote but evidently I relied heavily on the body language of the people who were in the room with me.

Also H and I have a bad case of dueling phone calls some days. I’ve moved into the kitchen for the afternoon. The island is my standing desk. 🤣🤣🤣

[k3am]

Loves.. ability to do quick house things, have an open window, adjust the temperature to my liking, get to see DH more, hikes for lunch occasionally, no commute, comfy clothes, etc.

Hates... #1 technology short falls. #2 unlimited access to my fridge. Not seeing people (general chit chat, but also for major presentations I prefer to be in person), my impressive ability to wander off mentally, just not feeling like I'm at work.

[twinmomma]

Loves - More flexibility with no commute time, not having to do the early morning frantic run out the door with the kids
Hates - generally all of it. I'm terribly unproductive at home compared to the office, especially with the kids around. I miss the in person camaraderie that my company works so hard to build.

[sdlaura]

Love more flexibility but also hate more flexibility. Work bleeds into life a lot more and vice versa. Also dislike the lack of routine, but also like it because of the flexibility to squeeze in a workout or chore.

I never wanted to WFH much pre-pandemic, mainly because I didn’t want to be ‘mommy-tracked’ as the woman with kids who didn’t get promotions or raises. But now that everyone is working from home and probably will continue to more, I don’t worry about that as much.

[librarychica]

Oh yes, windows. My building doesn’t have many so I enjoy being able to look outside (and sometimes work outside) without having to take a walk.

[mommyatty]

I love just about everything about working from home. The clothes. The office space. The fact that I can chop veggies for dinner while listening to a conference call where I know I’m not a speaker. Eating leftovers instead of going out for fast food at lunch because I just needed to escape my office for a hot minute and BREATHE.

What do I hate? Not seeing my team, ever. Not seeing my field teams.

[waverly]

I don't like listening to DH's phone calls or when I have to do something important, so the kids just watch TV. Now that we have a babysitter, I don't like feeling like I have to work in the bedroom (but that was only 3 weeks until I went full days). I liked that I could take breaks and do the dishes, recycle/ trash, laundry. I like no commute. 

I'm back in the office now except Fridays, and I don't like that I am done with my tasks (meetings got cancelled), but yet I can't just go home, I have to wait until a specified time to leave. I do like being onsite though. For example, we are moving bookshelves. That could not happen from home.

[rere]

I love sleeping an hour later, wearing shorts or sweats, no make up usually, walks with DD, getting to see my family in the day, being in my house, watering flowers during break, listening to calls while cooking.

Dislike, wondering if this is the day my sub par internet service will give out completely.

[vasc]

I also love comfy lounge clothes, sleeping later, no commute or morning rush, no commute home and evening rush.

Zoom has been fine with me. I’ve mostly been a passive listener in the meetings I’ve attended, but the few I hosted seemed to run faster and stay better focused. Even if we return to school in person I hope our district continues to subscribe to the web conferencing platform to give parents to option of Zooming in for meetings.

[mommyatty]

vasc, yes! Our virtual meetings are so much more efficient. I have this one monthly call that I swear normally has 35 people in the room with our CEO, COO, CLO, and a bunch of VPs. An hour is scheduled and we always run right to the blessed edge of running over. On Skype, that puppy is over in 15 minutes because the dudes don’t feel the need to put their things out on the table to measure in front of the C suite.

[k3am]

... I worked in the office today and need to add to the list.

I do not miss office smells. No nasty bathroom smells at home. No getting onto the elevator only to realize that whoever rode before me was a chain smoker to the 9th degree. No knowing whether or not Jane is there based on the smell of patchouli. All of which happened today, with a relatively empty office.. that doesn't even factor in when the office is full and people do stuff like microwave fish...

[supertrooper1]

I love everything! Not packing a lunch, not having to get dressed up, using my own bathroom, moving around the house to wherever I want to sit, no annoying coworkers, sleeping in later and not driving anywhere. I was WFH 4/5 days per week pre-covid and I'm hoping we don't have to go back to work for that one day after this is over.

I thought I would miss people but I don't. DS thinks that I'm just sitting on my computer and wants my attention quite often when I can't give it to him. I thought I would be able to do more around the house in between emails, but that rarely happens.

[traveltheworld]

Loves: working in yoga pants, no commute, get to see kids throughout the day, time to exercise.
No loves: interacting with my colleagues in person.

My ideal would be to WFH 4 days a week.

[rere]

Jun 23, 2020 17:48:36 GMT -5 supertrooper1 said:

I love everything! Not packing a lunch, not having to get dressed up, using my own bathroom, moving around the house to wherever I want to sit, no annoying coworkers, sleeping in later and not driving anywhere. I was WFH 4/5 days per week pre-covid and I'm hoping we don't have to go back to work for that one day after this is over.

I thought I would miss people but I don't. DS thinks that I'm just sitting on my computer and wants my attention quite often when I can't give it to him. I thought I would be able to do more around the house in between emails, but that rarely happens.

I forgot about using my own bathroom. I've really been grateful to have my home bathroom during all of this.

[shakinros]

Love: no commute. Lunchtime recess with DD. Casual clothes.

Hate: the persistent feeling I should be doing something for DD, DH, or the house while I’m working. I’m doing fine unplugging from work when the time comes each night but I’m struggling to keep the guilt at bay about not “mom-ing “ when I’m supposed to be working!

[sandandsea]

I love WFH. I love comfy clothes, no make up, flip flops, and pony tails. I love grabbing lunch from the fridge and fewer interruptions (now that the kids are in summer camp). I like business development via zoom vs traveling. I love no commute and no traffic. I love not having to rush around to a million commitments and being on the go all the time. I love that it’s breaking the myth of not being able to wfh. I love spending more time at my house and in my neighborhood and enjoying the beauty right here. I love my own bathroom.

I do not love Comcast internet issues and I dearly miss my coworker/friends and lunches with them. I do not love my electric or water bills. I do not love the weight gain or sitting in my chair for hours without getting up and moving. I do not love the increased hours and expectations from work because we are trying to make up for lack of growth in other departments through superhuman growth in ours.

[mellym]

Love: Waking up later, no commute, exercising in the morning, more focused time to work on projects and fewer interruptions from people in the office.

Hate: Multi tasking employee/mom role and trying to keep an eye on DD1 while I'm working. Missing adult interactions and connecting with my coworkers.

[xctsclrx]

Love: Just about everything about. I love being able to cook food. have my music/tv/comedy station up and not worred aobut language.

Hate; Still have the rush out the door for the kiddos and my commute is longer because their DC is closer to my work than me, but that is temporary.