During COVID, they had our department broken up. You’d be in for two weeks and work from home for two weeks. During the weeks I wasn’t supposed to be in office, I could come in during the evenings when no one was around and get OT as needed.
There was hardly anyone in the office during the two weeks I was in. the dress code was very casual. in the summer of 2020, I’d wear shorts and a tshirt to work. I was always showered and shaved. No one cared.
But I admit that I like working from home. Instead of getting up at 6AM, I sleep ‘til 8:15AM, get out of bed in my gym shorts and tshirt and walk into another room and turn on my laptop. Later on in the morning when the pressing work is done, I take a shower and then resume working.
In my last job, which ended in July, we started WFH because of COVID in March 2020. I didn’t really like it at first, but then I got used to it and learned to appreciate it. I eventually moved to Florida, continuing to seamlessly do my job across 900 miles of space and a 1-hour time zone difference.
But when the government called everybody back to the office, that was that. I was eventually let go, even though my own company (I was on a federal contract) did everything they could to keep me, and would still like me back in some capacity.
It seems the government agency where I worked has more balls than some of these bosses.