Working From Home Megathread

Back to the office tomorrow, there'll be no one there but who cares its a change from the WFH which it tedious.

Good point I've not checked mine, will do so!

You do realise that the public service is incredibly broad?

Civil service is grand to deal with. Semi states and County council are difficult.

I don’t understand how an employer gets away with this?

If you are working on the building the employer has to provide you with appropriate PPE to carry out your work.

How can the employer expect you to get another monitor out of your OWN pocket, to increase output for themselves?

Are you sure about this and have you raised this with Hr?

Must be mad to heat an entire house for just 1 room. As I'd imagine the entire house wouldn't be heated if they were in the office? Room heaters are cheap as chips, and don't need to be on constantly. And wear layers, ffs. I lived by myself in my (then) own house, standard 3 bed semi-d. I rarely had the heating on because the tv and pc kept the room I was in heated. And that was the sittingroom, one of the bigger rooms. Anytime I got notions and brought the tv and pc to my room, I'd be melting within an hour. Sounds like people may have badly built homes...

There's another benefit to WFH, no longer fighting with other office people over it being too hot or too cold.

Hi,

Anyone managed to create a garden office that didn't cost €10+k? Looked at steeltech, costs about €11k for 8 by 12 foot with foundation.

Any recommendations for a shed & insulating, flooring etc it? Would the window be a problem for heat loss?

Thanks,

Pa

Enjoyed this WSJ article (paywall) on what managers should do about the Great Resignation Wave.

Some take-aways:

• Two-thirds of employees prefer work-from-home arrangements.
• "It’s become increasingly clear that hybrid and remote work isn’t just feasible, but is actually desirable. The enormous disruption Covid engendered means that if ever there were a moment to reinvent what your company or your team looks like, this is it now. Maybe this is the time to shift to an all-remote workforce, as many companies like Basecamp have done."
• Worth HR developing a "developing a personalized retention strategy" for key-employees such as personalized hybrid/remote arrangements.
• Get the hybrid/remote policy wrong? Well staff turnover is pricey—it costs an estimated one-half to two times an employee’s annual salary to replace them. Plus, it’s disruptive to client relationships and the morale of staffers left behind.

We are hiring at the moment and location being a factor has just totally gone out the window. It's made such a massive change in our place this pandemic.

Yeah I’ve decided I’m going to seek to wfh now in future. I think my employer will want me back in office soon but nope I’ll quit and look for something else if that’s the case. There’s no need for me to be spending 9 hours a week in the car.