Please don’t make me go back: Some of the reasons I hope work from home continues and I never have to return to an office
I just hope my employer continues to allow me to work remotely.
Working from home I:
Have been exceeding production for the past year
Don't have to share a keyboard/mouse/desk with another shift (gross).
Do not spend an hour a day(+/- 10 minutes) driving, and save all the money associated with that commute.
Do not have to worry about driving on snowy/icy roads as my job requires us to be there unless there is a county emergency making travel by road illegal.
Do not have to go to work sick, because they act like you murdered 30 children if you call in sick. I can work comfortably while isolated from my coworkers.
Do not have to be exposed to multiple sick coworkers at any given time.
Do not have to fight 100-130 people for 1 of 3 microwaves on my 30-minute lunch break, assuming someone hasn't taken my food out of the refrigerator and eaten it/thrown it away/left it sitting out to make room for theirs.
Do not have to use a restroom that, with frequency (to the point of multiple times over the years management threatening supervised restroom usage for adults), has boogers/urine/feces/blood on the floors/wall/toilet seats.
Pack into a noisy open office where I can't focus as people are constantly talking, walking by, burning popcorn, microwaving ox tail and greens that smell worse than burnt popcorn.
Deal with ear-damaging fire drills, cram into tiny offices with 20 co-workers for tornado drills/warnings.
Deal with an HVAC system that regularly gifts temperatures in the mid-60s Fahrenheit in the winter and mid-80s Fahrenheit in the summer inside the office where business casual is required.
Drink milky-white water from the tap AFTER it comes out of a filter that has algae growing in the transparent tube feeding the faucet.
Deal with coworkers damaging vehicles. Just about everyone's car has multiple door dings. Personally, I have no less than 1 dozen that, I know for a fact, occurred at work.
Have to deal with random coworkers coming to my desk/cornering me at the urinal and blabbing incessantly about their divorce/kids/wife's boyfriend/vet bill, this was a regular occurrence in person and has happened exactly once via teams since work from home started.
Don’t have to breathe jet exhaust that inevitably makes its way into our building through the cracks around the doors that you can pass multiple pieces of paper through.
Can be here to sign for packages.
Can eat healthier because I have an entire kitchen at my disposal during my half-hour lunch.
Am far more likely to work overtime when needed as I’m saving an hour commuting!
Don’t need to spend tens of seconds inspecting the toilet seat and/or constructing an elaborate ring of squares to ease my mind if I need to poop.
Don’t have to wear business casual.
Don’t have a desk and chair forced upon me, instead, I have the freedom to pick a desk and chair that I like, that fits my needs.