Work From Home ?

[Dorcus]

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Work from home or 'work at home' ? Worked 'from' home for last 25 years of working life, but never at home apart from a bit of paperwork,admin etc.

My/our home is just that. I certainly would count looking at a someone's moon-shaped head and shoulders on a laptop screen as 'meeting' them. Cutting out long commutes is fair enough, but young people have increasingly poor social skills. Talking to screens most of your life isn't going to help.

I beg to disagree. Ive had a lot more intelligent conversations with screens than with many people.

[life on mars]

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WFH is costing the economy millions , hospitality industry closures , job losses , city centre restaurants struggling a report from Sheffield Uni suggested 77k in there City alone , another report I saw was predicting 20k in Cardiff. .

https://www.thecaterer.com/news/hospitality-workers-at-risk-of-losing-jobs-due-to-work-from-home-culture

Someone always suffers from the comfortable fortunes of others.

[Dorcus]

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WFH is costing the economy millions , hospitality industry closures , job losses , city centre restaurants struggling a report from Sheffield Uni suggested 77k in there City alone , another report I saw was predicting 20k in Cardiff. .

https://www.thecaterer.com/news/hospitality-workers-at-risk-of-losing-jobs-due-to-work-from-home-culture

Someone always suffers from the comfortable fortunes of others.

I fail to see the morality of this argument.

Should I be forced to leave home to work in some God forsaken office environment full of people I don't much care for and where I will be less productive, much more tired and irritable and far less enthusiastic, all at my expense incidentally, and purely with the purpose of maintaining the buoyancy of some chancer's hospitality project; one which I wouldn't patronise anyway? I'm no libertarian by any means but this sounds very dictatorial to me.

[Canton Kev]

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WFH is costing the economy millions , hospitality industry closures , job losses , city centre restaurants struggling a report from Sheffield Uni suggested 77k in there City alone , another report I saw was predicting 20k in Cardiff. .

https://www.thecaterer.com/news/hospitality-workers-at-risk-of-losing-jobs-due-to-work-from-home-culture

Someone always suffers from the comfortable fortunes of others.

How many businesses outside of city centres have seen an increase in business because of WFH?

Instead of workers going to cafes, shops and bars on Queen St and St Mary’s are they now using their local high streets where businesses are more likely to be owned and run by locals and not global corporations?

People will still want lunch and coffee breaks and after work drinks. In theory they’ve got more time and more money to spend during that time due to not commuting anymore.

[TWGL1]

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I’ve been working from home for 20 years. Initially as a pilot scheme. I’ve even held some seminars to companies who were keen on the idea and as far as I know most have taken it up even if it’s partial.

Pros for me

Excellent for work life balance ( especially if you have flexibility in start and end times )

Excellent for productivity

Helpful for the child care and school pickups.

Excellent for reducing sickness levels

Excellent for employers Looking to save on costs contributed to rent of office space, utilities etc

Excellent for the environment as the employee is not dependent on public transport or fuel cost / wear and tear if the car

Negativity

Bad for social interaction / isolation

Increased demand from employers wanting more output.

Resentment from employees who are still office based

Increased electricity/ gas bills ( negated by fuel costs )

Inability to “ switch off” at the end of the working day.

Unenforced I.T issues.

Training requirements are often ignored

[The Bloop]

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WFH is costing the economy millions , hospitality industry closures , job losses , city centre restaurants struggling a report from Sheffield Uni suggested 77k in there City alone , another report I saw was predicting 20k in Cardiff. .

https://www.thecaterer.com/news/hospitality-workers-at-risk-of-losing-jobs-due-to-work-from-home-culture

Someone always suffers from the comfortable fortunes of others.

There's about 5000+ people who pre-covid were working for the BBC and HMRC in Cardiff's suburbs. They're now working in the City centre, many albeit in a hybrid model, who are now supporting businesses in the city they weren't a few years ago. Many food outlets in the arcades and markets are thriving as a result.

[MOZZER2]

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well hybrid working works great for me . 2 days in work 3 days at home at the minute

get lots more done and great for meetings using teams , zoom very little background noise which is great for me a bit hard of hearing with certain sounds

and for the 'Greta' types on here saves build up of traffic at peak times in the morning and at tea time reducing fumes into the atmosphere etc less congestion on the roads a win win situation

the down side i drink too much coffee at home .i swear caffeine is far more addictive than alcohol !

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I will have you know I am a retired Pale Ale socialist.

Not a bitter one then?

[Doucas]

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I work hybrid which works for me great. I thought I'd be fully behind working at home only but I actually don't mind going into the office and speaking face to face. Can get a bit of cabin fever working from home.

[Heathblue]

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A lot of the people who keep this country going simply can't work from home

Cleaners
Nurses
Doctors
Bus drivers

Estate agents and accountants must be enjoying these times

Namby Pamby skills, us Welders do it in more positions than the Karma Sutra

[Rjk]

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occasionally whe. working from home I like to find a quiet coffee shop to work for a couple of hours in. mostly they're too noisy though. anyone got any good suggestions for places like this?

[TWGL1]

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occasionally whe. working from home I like to find a quiet coffee shop to work for a couple of hours in. mostly they're too noisy though. anyone got any good suggestions for places like this?

Some pubs and restaurants do have home working areas upstairs.

https://newport-market.co.uk/

Scroll down to the bottom

Regis do it, but charge a fair bit apparently £40 per day

Look at libraries, hot desk places etc