re: Has anyone’s workplace switched to WFH permanently?

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Being at home all the time isnt healthy imo

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It’s gotta be healthier than a shitty commute every day

And once things open up, there’s plenty of time to get out the house if you WFH. I’m way more willing to get out and about if I didn’t just deal with two traffic cluster fricks all day that I have to deal with immediately the next day



I don’t think my work is going to make the switch permanently, despite them easily being able to. But I will be looking for 100 percent WFH opportunities once this is over

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Could KILL commercial office space if only 10% do it

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Will also affect oil as it would reduce commuter traffic a good deal.

Would be great for cities that have congested traffic

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Others will think it is stupid, that they can't control their employees, and will never want to allow WFH again.

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This is where my company is. More worried about being able to effectively micromanage than they are about the overhead of their massive office building that has shown to be pretty irrelevant to their business model

What none of ya'll work at home mentioned was the possibility or probability that your company would just replace Americans with Foreigners at a cheaper rate if their job is discovered to be able to done 100% remotely. It would be much cheaper, they get to save on office costs and high salaries. It has already happened in multiple industries, I don't see this as a "if" proposition, but rather a "when" proposition.

sounds like you work for a shitty company, IMO.

because he has a shitty commute?

yep, his shitty commute.

nothing to do with their need to micromanage employees WFH.

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read an online article from a guy that WFH with rules to live by at home. I've been following those recommendations. (Get up at same hour, shower, dress, take 10 minutes out of an hour to walk away, keep your work routine, work out etc.)

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To each their own. This diminishes the whole idea of staying home for me. On the days I choose not to go in, it’s because my projected workload for the day doesn’t require my office. Meaning - I can wake up at a time I naturally do and take care of everything I need to do that day with ease. No need to spend an hour doing hair and makeup and putting on real clothes, plus drive 10-15 minutes. If I’m waking up super early and getting totally dressed, I may as well drive there.

my company has actually praised our employees for their adaptability in being able to quickly shift to working from home while being able to remain productive since mid March.

i would assume that if companies want their employees to WFH long term, they'll need to write some checks for employees to improve their WFH setups. to avoid ergonomic issues.

Before all of this, I would WFH 20-25% of the time. Have an actual office (as a room), a desk, office chair, a secondary monitor, etc. But since this all started i have added a laptop dock, an ergonomic sideways mouse, 2 24" monitors, a monitor stand, and got some new roller-blade style wheels instead of casters on my office chair that raised me up another 1.5".

we are also looking into sit-stand desks once we get new floors put in (in September)

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Before all of this, I would WFH 20-25% of the time. 

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I've worked from home some for the past 15 years or so. I made it a point to build out a decent office set up a long time ago.

The thing that got me this time is my kid being at home too so I had to setup my computer in her room. I went to the office in March and took two monitors and my docking station so we could both be comfortable.