I am a data analyst and work for my current company for almost 5 years now. I chose to work for that company because of the young team and the great atmosphere and I always enjoyed working here. Since the beginning of the pandemic we switched to a remote first setting and I really hate it.
Living alone working from home means beeing isolated for the first 10 hours of the day to me. I miss the social interaction with my colleagues. I miss the feeling of coming home after a day in the office. I can't concentrate anymore and it feels more like I'm living in an office than working from home.
Since last summer the office is opened again with limited capacity and we have to book a desk in advance. I do this at least once a week but there is nothing left of the old atmosphere since most of the days I am there all alone.
I do understand that my colleagues like the current setting especially the ones that have kids. I also understand that we will never go back to the pre covid setting and that's not what I want. But at the moment I feel like I am the only one that can't cope with this situation and it's bothering me more and more every day.