Categories
Antiwork

Am I the only one who hated working from home?

I'll couch this by saying I'm a salaried employee so I understand hourly folks not wanting to commute, and I'm very lucky to have a shorter commute than many, but I feel like I'm in the vast minority when it comes to my distaste for working remotely. There are some admins in my office that are hourly that I'm sure could work remotely if they were able (unfortunately the owner of the company doesn't trust it, which is a whooole other post) and some of the other folks who do my job seem to be able to work remotely a couple days a week and still complete their tasks, so it's obviously not the work. I'm fine to do it every once in a while when I'm waiting for the cable guy or my kid is sick or whatever, but in terms of productivity and overall satisfaction with my home…


I'll couch this by saying I'm a salaried employee so I understand hourly folks not wanting to commute, and I'm very lucky to have a shorter commute than many, but I feel like I'm in the vast minority when it comes to my distaste for working remotely.

There are some admins in my office that are hourly that I'm sure could work remotely if they were able (unfortunately the owner of the company doesn't trust it, which is a whooole other post) and some of the other folks who do my job seem to be able to work remotely a couple days a week and still complete their tasks, so it's obviously not the work.

I'm fine to do it every once in a while when I'm waiting for the cable guy or my kid is sick or whatever, but in terms of productivity and overall satisfaction with my home life, working from my house was detrimental to my well-being.

I get that this is probably the dumbest sub I could have posted this to, but I'm all for hearing why I'm wrong!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *