WFH pro's and con's?
Poll - Total Votes: 14
I would LOVE to WFH
I would HATE to WFH
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I work from home fulltime and also was president of a union during a pretty rapid forced transition to permanent work from home.
Pros:
- People really like it personally. Very few people prefer working from the office.
- It's wonderful for those who have social anxiety.
- No commute.
- Overall improvement to quality of life.
Cons:
- You're now paying for things the bsos used to pay for (electricity, pumbing, internet, etc). Even with a stipend it's not good enough.
- Many people didn't have good office setups, which led to an increase in ergonomic injuries.
- A destruction of sense of 'community'. People only talk to the six people they work with rather than having a community of colleagues.
- Workplace problems are harder to identify and resolve.
- Overall negative impact on mental health due to isolation.
- Not everyone has safety at home.
I don't think work from home is going away, and so the lesson here is finding out ways to do it -better- than we have. People really like and prefer it to going into offices, but I think everyone is less happy overall. This could be just a social problem, beyond work from home. Covid messed everyone up.
So overall I think it's not as good as people think it is, but I also get why everyone wants it.
Pros:
- People really like it personally. Very few people prefer working from the office.
- It's wonderful for those who have social anxiety.
- No commute.
- Overall improvement to quality of life.
Cons:
- You're now paying for things the bsos used to pay for (electricity, pumbing, internet, etc). Even with a stipend it's not good enough.
- Many people didn't have good office setups, which led to an increase in ergonomic injuries.
- A destruction of sense of 'community'. People only talk to the six people they work with rather than having a community of colleagues.
- Workplace problems are harder to identify and resolve.
- Overall negative impact on mental health due to isolation.
- Not everyone has safety at home.
I don't think work from home is going away, and so the lesson here is finding out ways to do it -better- than we have. People really like and prefer it to going into offices, but I think everyone is less happy overall. This could be just a social problem, beyond work from home. Covid messed everyone up.
So overall I think it's not as good as people think it is, but I also get why everyone wants it.