We traditionally tend to think of working from home as a perk. You can do your laundry while you work. You can stay in pajamas and control your own thermostat. You can take the dog for a walk. But after being abruptly forced to work from home full time this year, a lot of people have discovered they don’t like it nearly as much as they thought they would.
Of course, working from home in the midst of a highly stressful global crisis is different from doing it in normal times, especially if you add in the stress of child care. But a surprising number of people have been surprised by how eager they are to return to their offices once it’s safe to do so — and that’s what I wrote about at Slate today. You can read it here.
working from home is making a lot of people miserable was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager.
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