Working from home, the good and the not-so-good

According to a recent YouGov poll - YouGov is a British data analytics company - 57% of British workers want to be able to work from home after the pandemic.

Wow!

It took a pandemic to show us what we already knew!

☹️ We hate commuting.

😣 We hate having to work to someone else’s schedule.

😖 We hate office politics.

😫 We hate carping in the tea-room.

😩 We hate being dragged into endless meetings.

😢 We hate having to dress up every day.

There are good things about working in a collective environment - but camaraderie is the only one I can think of in this digital age, where resources can be accessed remotely. No need for filing cabinets, bookshelves - it’s all on the system.

But camaraderie is a good thing. Moaning about everyone and everything in the canteen and worrying about what they’re saying about you - is not!

And taking a closer look at that 57%: when you consider the number of people who cannot work from home - teachers, builders, health workers, service engineers, shop workers, factory workers, just for starters - that means a much larger number of people whose jobs could allow them to work from home, want to continue at home.

What about you?

a) Do you work from home normally?

b) Did you work from home during the Lockdowns?

c) Would you like to start or continue working from home?

I’d be interested to see your situation, and what you think about it now, eighteen months in.

You can comment to tell me your answer and what you prefer, and why. Tell me below!

Want to make a big change?

And if you used to work in an office and endured all that list of unpleasantness above, and the scales have fallen from your eyes,  giving you unexpected peace working from home, maybe you realise the time has come to make a b-i-i-i-g change in your life?

If you need someone to talk it over with, I’m yer woman! Here’s what a recent caller told me after her chat: “This was definitely helpful - inspiring, in fact!”

Head over and watch this very brief video about what to do next:

I look forward to giving you some clarity in your way forward.