Sealine
Well-Known Member
I WFH as a Systems Analyst for an IT company. I started working from home two days a week by choice about 20 years ago. Further to various buy-outs and office closures I now work from home all 5 days. I have a home office in a spare bedroom and my working hours are 9-5.30 Monday to Friday. I do have some flexibility but these hours suit me. I have a horse on DIY livery and I ride etc in the morning and I'm at my desk eating breakfast at 9am in my yard clothes. A friend does my evening horse chores in return for me turning out for her in the morning so I don't go back to the yard. I walk my dog in my lunch break.
Motivation isn't a problem for me. I'm very busy with tight deadlines to meet so I can't disappear or watch daytime TV. Finishing at 5.30pm is often difficult as I am so busy but I never switch my lap top on at weekends.
All my team WFH and are based all over the UK. We have a monthly team meeting in our London office which I find really useful and important. The business restructured earlier this year and teams have changed and when you are remote you have to work extra hard at building relationships with people. It can be difficult for new starters joining a remote team if the need help to get up and running with a new role. It can also be difficult to get recognition for what you do as you aren't visible enough. Therefore WFH full time may not be ideal early in a career if the role is new to you or you want to climb the career ladder. I'm in my 50's so career development isn't something that concerns me
I earn a good salary with excellent benefits and although my job is high pressure when all things are considered I'm happy. I was threatened with redundancy earlier this year and the thought of having to go back to working in an office 5 days a week and possibly a daily commute into London horrifies me.
Motivation isn't a problem for me. I'm very busy with tight deadlines to meet so I can't disappear or watch daytime TV. Finishing at 5.30pm is often difficult as I am so busy but I never switch my lap top on at weekends.
All my team WFH and are based all over the UK. We have a monthly team meeting in our London office which I find really useful and important. The business restructured earlier this year and teams have changed and when you are remote you have to work extra hard at building relationships with people. It can be difficult for new starters joining a remote team if the need help to get up and running with a new role. It can also be difficult to get recognition for what you do as you aren't visible enough. Therefore WFH full time may not be ideal early in a career if the role is new to you or you want to climb the career ladder. I'm in my 50's so career development isn't something that concerns me
I earn a good salary with excellent benefits and although my job is high pressure when all things are considered I'm happy. I was threatened with redundancy earlier this year and the thought of having to go back to working in an office 5 days a week and possibly a daily commute into London horrifies me.