- Joined
- Aug 1, 2012
- Messages
- 19,611
- Reaction score
- 16,690
My line of work relies on notworks, so one disadvantage of working from home is that you aren't naturally close to the people you need to. Not only is it more difficult to coordinate coffees/lunches etc, you miss out on the "bump into" - where you might be walking through Queen Street mall on your way back from lunch and you bump into a lawyer you haven't seen for a while, who was just thinking about who to refer his next client to, and nexy minute, you're having a coffee with him.Can't see myself working from home. I did it less than 5 days last year at my previous job... bore the shit out of me! Has it's advantages... no commute (especially in shit weather), wear what you want, no boss watching you, toilet/food breaks anytime, but you're so isolated and closed-off from a buzzing office atmosphere. Being an extrovert, WFH is something I cannot do, but wouldn't mind doing it on an as-needs basis, or in case of emergency.
Overall, working from home, if you are disciplined, is better. But i used to have a completely separate are under my house for working. So when Mrs CD would leave for work (and before our son was born), I would lock up the house and go downstairs, and unlock my office (this is a Queenslander design home) to work, only popping back up for lunch. When Mrs CD got home from work. I would call it a day and we had so much more time for hanging out, taking the dog for a walk etc. it is also so much easier to get those little things done during the week - like drop off our car for a service, popping up to the supermarket, getting a load of washnig done etc. That then frees up the weekend.