I know somebody who worked from home, even before covid.
She said there were pluses and minuses. It was nice to not have a commute to work. On the other hand, she had to pay for high speed internet and run her air conditioning constantly on hot summer days, so those personal expenses were higher.
If we will have choices to work from home or in the office, we’ll see what choices people make. Or if the decision is made for them. I predict that many companies will not be leasing the same amount of office space they currently rent, if work from home becomes permanent for many. And it’s quite possible that new hires will be hired with the understanding that they need to work off site.
I believe Allstate Insurance permanently closed their whole corporate campus and has had 100% WFH for awhile, now.
I think such arrangements will continue.
It was hectic for me having a home office. I ended up usually having two work periods a day. Typically 5-6 hours during the day then 1-3 hours late night. It's a personality thing but I work better in a conventional office setting. Much of my work is a solitary, cerebral thing and I can zone in better at the task at hand. Retired now.
During the Covid stuff, I had a problem with retiree benefits with a former employer. A computer record was fouled up and the error rolled downhill to mess up my retiree insurance. Call the benefits hot line and that person not authorized to fix. Transferred to supervisor, that person not authorized to fix. Transferred to department supervisor, that person not authorized to fix. Transferred to big boss HR supervisor, he's a corporate VP and authorized to fix.
This was just business to me. I had a problem and he was going to fix it. My next step was his boss, the president. The VP was working from home. He sure was wanting to fix the problem fast. A baby was crying in the background and other kids playing. Three minute phone call and all fixed on the computer records. He sure wanted to get off my phone call. Lol