Have you ever worked from home in a houseshare? Or ever had life circumstances that prevent WFH? How'd you feel about WFH being pushed for jobs that previously allowed people to work in offices?
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How is it from a houseshare, in terms of noise and reliability? Would you go a bit nuts needing to be in your bedroom all day and night?
How'd you handle bad wifi, since you need to get your to pull their finger out and call the provider?
Ever had other circumstances that prevented WFH? I lived in a block that was having cladding work done for 18 months (they messed it up halfway through and had to restart), during which time any jobs requiring WFH were a no-no - once did an interview with a written report involved and even for that the noise of the construction elevator was distracting. Another time I had a one-hour video call and legitimately had to pause several times to let the noise abate.
Specialist_Emu7274@reddit
I’m in a house share, I’m a masters student so pretty much always ‘working’ from home & aside from 1 all my flatmates work from home a couple of days a week. The house is insanely quiet though so never had any problems. The only shared space is the kitchen/diner though so we rarely see each others anyway
MissingScore777@reddit
Which jobs are forcing WFH?
Most jobs that have WFH or hybrid allow people to work 100% in office if they want.
littletorreira@reddit
I had a colleague who worked in an office 5 days a week as she lived in a caravan without WiFi. I work at a council. You can come in 1 day or 5 days or anything in-between.
Severe_Mastodon8072@reddit
I’ve worked from home in a studio apartment. It was hybrid so I could have gone into the office, but still preferred home most of the time.
I wasn’t aware there was a problem with WFH being pushed? I’d have said there were plenty more people that would love to work remotely but can’t find a remote job vs people that would love to work in an office but can’t find an office job.
BraveLordWilloughby@reddit
I imagine of you're living in a shitty houses hare with people you don't care for,8 hours a day in a warm and clean space away from there could be quite a blessing.
Severe_Mastodon8072@reddit
Yeah I can see that too, but I don’t think there’s a wider issue with employers pushing wfh onto reluctant employees
alan_alien@reddit
Vodafone disconnected my internet without authorisation and couldn't reconnect before installing fibre. Was during a move between properties so had no connection for months and they said they couldn't reconnect the connection that worked 24 hours beforehand
Comfortable-Face4593@reddit
I spy with my little eye a landlord with a lot of dead office space. Even in a busy house share it is preferable to working in a toxic office.
Neither_Process_7847@reddit
Yeah. Never heard of a job that was previously mostly wfh but 'allowed' people to work in the office- more that insisted on work in the office before and are trying to force people back there now.
DookuDonuts@reddit
Worked from home between 2016-2024 and during this time cladding works were active. Roughly for 9 months of 2024. Ended up wearing noise cancelling headphones and listening to Classic fm while typing away
NessaGuin@reddit
I had to make space in my room in a shared house, was not fun and if it wasn't for lockdown, I'd have been in the office for my entire time working.
One housemate took her work zoom calls in the kitchen, I didn't care if my noise disturbed her, I wasn't being extra loud, I just wasn't walking on tip toes any time I went into the ONE shared area of the house.
MisstianoPenaldo@reddit
I managed living with my parents in a tiny box bedroom where I had to swap mattress for desk each day. Not to mention my parents refusing to upgrade the wifi despite it barely reaching 2mbs plus noisy neighbours who never stopped reconstruction and a dog
Honestly, the thing with wfh is it requires so little to do and any decent job will provide the basics (extra monitors, chair and a wifi allowance)
PracticeNo8733@reddit
Depends on the houseshare, of course. You'd need to be fairly noisy to match a lot of big open plan offices, though.
If it's actually the wifi then you can fix that on your side, if it's the broadband then yeah, chase the provider. Reliable Internet is important to most people so I would think you'd be doing that anyway.
Not personally, but a small wholly-WFH company I know will pay for people to use co-working spaces if/when they need them. I think that's probably the best solution in most cases.
FallZealousideal3337@reddit
WFH is great in theory, but in a houseshare it quickly turns into working from your bedroom prison.
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