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Apr 2016
10:09am, 15 Apr 2016
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HellsBells
my husband does - he clogs up the dining room table and gets under my feet on my days off
Apr 2016
10:23am, 15 Apr 2016
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Old Croc
oh can't work from home if wife is - and vice versa.
Apr 2016
10:35am, 15 Apr 2016
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bigleggy
I worked from home for almost 4 years. The commute is great but there are some downsides I found.

I was working for one of the biggest companies in the world and never felt as lonely. I only saw my boss face to face twice in that time and one of them was when I resigned.

I knew I had to change jobs when I rang someone I'd know for 6 years and they told me they thought I'd left 'ages ago'

I also found the immediate switch from work to home life quite hard and even found myself getting anxious about leaving the house.

With the benefit of hindsight I now realise that working from home was only a small factor in all of that and I would go back to working from home if I was offered it now.
Apr 2016
10:39am, 15 Apr 2016
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Wriggling Snake
I stuck my nose into my jar of gound coffee, took a deep sniff...

and sneezed.
Apr 2016
10:40am, 15 Apr 2016
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Wriggling Snake
:-)

oops.
MH
Apr 2016
10:42am, 15 Apr 2016
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MH
I've worked from a home office for over 15 years, but was out a lot during the week travelling as well so lots of interaction. I was far more productive than being in the office, and mostly started early and worked late. My OH also has his own business so also works from home - so separate offices, mine downstairs his upstairs. A dedicated office space is vital if you are going to work from home a lot as opposed to every now and then. 'Going to work' means going into your office and you are away from distractions and away from others (I think that's vital if you have children - no one wants to hear the background of your life when they are on the 'phone to you talking business - they want your attention) When I was in my home office working I still had lots of calls and conference calls etc - so again still plenty of interaction. I know others that would have the radio on when they weren't on the 'phone, but personally I never did.

I think wfh works for some people and for some industries but not for all. I know of someone who was in an office based job (completely different industry to me) and got the opportunity to wfh a few days a week - they took it as an opportunity to get up later, do a few things around the house, make more tea and pop out to the shops... by their own admission they couldn't be disciplined about it. Suffice to say they ended up back in the office by mutual agreement, as it was obvious they weren't productive.
Apr 2016
10:43am, 15 Apr 2016
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simbil
I've been mainly working from home for years now - love it. Gives me the flexibility to train, work and do family stuff.

I do go in to the office regularly though to show my face and avoid being forgotten.

I wouldn't recommend it to everyone - you need to be able to deal with solitude, have the discipline to get stuff done and set boundaries to avoid work life creeping into home life and vice versa.
Apr 2016
10:53am, 15 Apr 2016
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Keefy Beefy
I usually do a day a week but like going in as I'm not someone who applies himself as well at home. It does give you so much more time in the day but with young kids that so much more time just becomes time spent doing extra tedious home stuff rather than translating into anything fun for me. Of course, if you've got a long or expensive commute, then it's defo worth it.
Apr 2016
10:57am, 15 Apr 2016
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Diogenes
I loved working from home occasionally. I like being in my own home, being more flexible with my time, and being able to focus without interruption or distraction. I'd be good in that I wouldn't have music or TV on but I would take work breaks to do mundane tasks.
Apr 2016
11:01am, 15 Apr 2016
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FergusG
In the office, I have no problem with leaving an e-mail unanswered for hours as I concentrate on another task. At home however, I feel compelled to answer every e-mail in the blink of eye to prove that I'm sat at my desk and not taking liberties!

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