For those of you that were sent home to work, how are y'all liking it? Are y'all being called back in yet? Getting more done, less done? I'm finding myself more productive at home, although I thought it would be the opposite when it first started.

I'd like it a lot more if my kids weren't here with me.

Don't like it at all. I would be ok with 1-2 days a week, no more.

I ****ing hate it.

Enjoying it, especially not having to deal with traffic/rush hour commuting. More productive and even dropping some weight in my experience thus far. May be going back in a month if this virus passes.

Nooners are much more likely at home than when 30+minutes away at the office.

I am enjoying working from home. More productive, no commute, and lunch with the family. I do miss the face-to-face interactions with my coworkers though. As a whole, our family has enjoyed the slower pace of life.

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As a whole, our family has enjoyed the slower pace of life.

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This x 11ty.

I am used to it now

Dont really want to go back to an office ever again

I'm fascinated on this. I've been working remote since 2006 now. I do love it, but I travel a good amount so get to see people as well. A lot of people don't realize the challenges, from dealing with family, distractions or the lack of social interactions.

I was 3 days a week WFH before this, now 5. I love it. We are WHF through May at least, and hoping it keeps going.

I worked from home prior to this ordeal. I love it with the exception of not being able to travel for work. I've missed some opportunities to close some stuff in q1, that now won't close until q4.

I love it but have a great set up and no kids at home. Extra 45 minutes of sleep, can start earlier, can ride one of my horses at lunch, can end the day at 4 or 4:30, etc. I'm getting all of my work done, no problem. Had MAJOR deadlines the very first week but it was fine.

It is a little weird not to be in the office since I work in manufacturing and our plant is fully operational. It doesn't directly affect my job but still strange. I think ideally I'd like to WFH 3 days a week and in the office twice a week. That would be a nice balance.

I've been 100% remote for a little over 2.5 years. I do have travel and face-to-face interaction with teammates and customers though. Before that I was 2-4 days WFH in my previous role. I don't think I could ever go back to a job where I had to go into an office from 8-5.

I would love to transition to 100% WFH. I've had quite a few recruiters reach out to me about it, but I've never nibbled back. Never really thought much about it u til now. I am curious though as to how working from home can change a career path, for better or worse.

I thought I was going to absolutely hate working from home. In reality, it hasn't been that bad.

I like being able to stay in bed an hour longer and workout at lunch. I'm also enjoying the slower pace, but that's more because my son doesn't have any activities right now, either.

Productivity is about the same, and I think that's because there are just as many distractions at home as there are in the office. The distractions are just different.

I don't have a home office, so I'm working at the kitchen bar, which is bad for ergonomics.

I do miss the need/motivation to get up and fix my hair and put on a little make-up and nice clothes. I do very few video calls, because most of the time, I look like I just rolled out of bed (because I actually did just roll out of bed).

I'm trying to enjoy the benefits of this situation since I know it won't last forever. I'll be happy to go back to work, but only when we are back to our normal operations. I don't really want to go back if we have to wear masks, stay in our offices, and continue to do all meetings by conference call. I can do that at home.

It'll be interesting if we go back to being in the office full time immediately, or if it's a phased approach. I work for a large corporation and wouldn't be surprised if we don't go back until June. The main point is due to schools being out.

The only thing I've not enjoyed is the increase in meetings. It's seems people have a notion that if you're not in a meeting you can't be productive.

Plusses and minuses, no commute but having to homeschool the kids at the same time as work is a beating.

Sort of hard to really measure how good or how bad it is. I hate it, but it could be for a number of reasons:

• 3 kids under 7 with no school or activities to go to
• Pandemic across the globe causing general anxiety
• Cannot do normal activities after a work day due to everything being shut down
• My job is in an industry affected by the slowdown of economic activity, causing angst with projects being deferred, general uneasiness, etc.

I'll let you know June or so when the kids are officially out of school. I'm sure my perspective will be different especially since I won't have to play teacher/gym teacher/lunch lady/counselor/mediator/engineer at the same time.

I've resorted to come in every other day to break up my week a little. I am more productive at work than at home for the time being.

Love working from home, I'm in power operations working 12 hour shifts, over 1/2 my time I work alone at the office (night or weekend shift) and it's always been mission critical the real-time desk had to work in the office come hurricane or whatever. But they pulled some strings and made it happen for this and now I don't really see an excuse why we couldn't work from home at least nights and weekend shifts. I'm already trying to push for it once we slowly transition back to the office. If I'm already working alone 1/2 the time, what difference is it if it's at home or in an office.

Announced today we aren't going back to the office until at least August because WFH is working so well and employees like it. Will probably be an option to go to the office in June for some meetings and July for a wider group of collaborative meetings, etc. that are more productive in person.

Like being home
Hate playing employee, house manager, referee, etc.

If we had a non covid routine taking the kids to school and such but got to come home and work instead of commuting to the office it would be pretty cool.

Under current circumstances I hate it.

If you can WFH, you can be outsourced.

TxAggieBand85 said:

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If you can WFH, you can be outsourced.

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That's a pretty broad generalization. Just like if I were to say "if your job requires you to be in the office 40+ hours a week you are doing it wrong."

I could WFH 100% and not miss a beat. Sure, you could find someone capable enough and eventually train them to do my job, but I couldn't just be outsourced with the press of a button.

I love working from home (hopefully we make it permanent or at least a few days a week). Our kids are already homeschooled so it hasn't been a big transition. They're used to it. It allows me to work as needed, get work priorities done, and then do things around the house. And when I need to I can take a call or give attention to work items as they come up.

Every one of us on TexAgs clearly has downtime during our workday (hence, we're here). WFH allows me to maximize productivity both in work and personal/family life.

My statement on being outsourced is broad, but in my opinion true. You've also hit the best parts which is adding and proving value.

Love it - I sleep longer (no commute or getting ready for work), I eat healthier and save money by eating lunch at home, and I tend to exercise more.

TxAggieBand85 said:

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If you can WFH, you can be outsourced.

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If you work from an office, you can be outsourced as well. And just as easily. Maybe even more easily. I've worked from home and they supplied me computer, resources etc. All things that they would have to get back from me. Point being, most of that stuff that stays at an office doesn't leave anyway. Just clean out your desk and your gone. At least I feel like having the office sent to my house, if you will, shows that they are invested in me to do the best job I can do at home.

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TxAggieBand85 said:

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If you can WFH, you can be outsourced.

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If you work from an office, you can be outsourced as well. And just as easily. Maybe even more easily. I've worked from home and they supplied me computer, resources etc. All things that they would have to get back from me. Point being, most of that stuff that stays at an office doesn't leave anyway. Just clean out your desk and your gone. At least I feel like having the office sent to my house, if you will, shows that they are invested in me to do the best job I can do at home.

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Both are easily outsourced. It doesn't matter where your computer sits.

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Capitol Ag said:

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TxAggieBand85 said:

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If you can WFH, you can be outsourced.

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If you work from an office, you can be outsourced as well. And just as easily. Maybe even more easily. I've worked from home and they supplied me computer, resources etc. All things that they would have to get back from me. Point being, most of that stuff that stays at an office doesn't leave anyway. Just clean out your desk and your gone. At least I feel like having the office sent to my house, if you will, shows that they are invested in me to do the best job I can do at home.

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Both are easily outsourced. It doesn't matter where your computer sits.

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You're probably right.

What about this slight adjustment of the statement that if you wfh you are able to be outsourced:

More seasoned workers in non advancement tracks are more likely to be replaced (new hire or outsource of the task) if they work from home.

I think "outsourced" is the wrong word there, but I do agree with the general sentiment; here is my take on it: In the business world, there is a large number of c-suite/executives/directors/etc who lack a fundamental ability to truly value employee performance. These people universally resort to the age-old metric of "butts in seats" accounting (e.g. who shows up on time? who gave a good presentation? who is at work before I get there (and after I leave)? or generally: who are the people I see impressing me everyday? ). If you work for one of those bosses, then unfortunately you must be visible and in the office if you hope to be promoted. If you work remotely for one of those bosses, then you are definitely in danger of being replaced because your boss has no way to truly valuing your contributions.

For those bosses, I'd say that being outsourced is a low probability, because they aren't going to trust an entire team of remote workers any more than an individual one. Now, it's possible that you work for a boss who A) doesn't trust remote workers and B) outsources wherever possible... and that's just a lose-lose situation... get out while you can!

Now, for the bosses who truly do know how to value employee performance, it doesn't matter at all where you work as long as you substantively contribute to the company. For those bosses/companies, if you are on the top tier of performance your chances of being replaced are very low, regardless of where you work.

All that boils down to this: If you are going to work remotely, make sure you work remotely for a boss that understands how your work adds value to the company; otherwise you put yourself at risk of being blacklisted. Working for a company with a remote culture is a good signal in that regard, or for a team that is entirely distributed (even if the company itself is not).

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Don't like it at all. I would be ok with 1-2 days a week, no more.

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Same here, which is kinda what my schedule was prior to this.

If I'm being 100% honest - I don't get as much done at home as I do at hte office. Even with a full office setup, getting up at close to the same time as normal, dressing the part, etc. - production is simply not the same as physically going into the office for me. Part of that is the wife and kids being home, so things like phone calls aren't as easy IMO, part of that is simply that I get distracted with some little pissant honey-do project that I've been putting off and suddenly seem to find the time to take care of.

I love the flexibility to work from home when necessary, but the full time gig isn't for me long term personally.

I agree with many of the comments. Really is dependent on who you report to and their ability to assess your value. Getting outsourced or replaced does indeed happen. Just be prepared always always always.

Then there is the plan old economic downturn, which many if not all are now experiencing, but that is a different discussion.