[SamAdams76]

The "work from home" genie will never be put back into its bottle. This is a ramification of corporations being so eager to comply with the silly COVID lockdowns. It was shown that most people can do their work from home, which means corporations are now stuck with overpaying for unused office spaces (until their leases are up).

The corporations kind of did it to themselves by going along so blindly with the hysterical COVID fears of 2020 and beyond that our government pushed on us.

I personally hate working from home. As another poster mentioned earlier up thread, I prefer getting out of the house every day and meeting people. The commuting time doesn't bother me in the slightest. Now the one exception I make to that is that I work from home on Fridays (and sometimes Mondays). That is a nice way to extend your weekends a little bit. An option that did not exist for most people prior to the COVID scare.

[Jonty30]

People also like working from home so they can have longer weekends. Your work is done the moment you turn off the computer.

[ShadowAce]

Now the one exception I make to that is that I work from home on Fridays (and sometimes Mondays). That is a nice way to extend your weekends a little bit.

And there's the problem.

For those of us that take WFH seriously, working from home on Fridays and Mondays does NOT "extend the weekend." We are back at work, usually more productive than if we were required to be in an office.

[Alberta's Child]

Great post. You’ve been a source of wisdom on this issue since the Branch Covidian hysteria began in the spring of 2020. :-)

[T.B. Yoits]

I personally hate working from home. As another poster mentioned earlier up thread, I prefer getting out of the house every day and meeting people.

Trying to force coworkers to fill the role of friends is just wrong.