I have been working from home since early 2021. I enjoy the flexibility I have, as well as the focus I can achieve by having my own work space where I am able to control the volume and level of activity (which is appreciated after having shared an office with 3 other people). I appreciate the connectivity that updated technology has provided so that even while I am not interacting one on one with people, I can still interact visually with my colleagues. There is greater capability when it comes to meetings and shared workspace/presentations/documents. While others have grown to dislike Zoom over the last couple years, I feel that it has helped me accomplish tasks, training, troubleshooting more efficiently, especially when working across sites. People I would not normally have interacted with, because they are working from a different office site, are just a video call away. There has been some isolating moments but I am generally more task oriented at work so I don’t feel the loss of social interactions as strongly as some others do. I enjoy being able to being effective at work and also be present for my kids at the beginning of the day and then end of their day, take time out at lunch to be productive with home tasks or just be in a more relaxing environment if I need that time to relax and refresh. There are also days that I would normally not have felt well enough to go into work (I suffer with Chronic Migraine and office settings can contribute to a worsening condition), but working remotely has allowed me to still be able to do the work from a controlled environment, which has lead to less time off work. Overall, I would absolutely choose to continue working remotely.

Working from home has never been my thing, and for the bulk of the pandemic so far, I worked at the office. I changed jobs a couple of months ago and the new job has been fully remote although it will be moving to hybrid very soon. I have found that I don’t mind working from home as much as I thought I would. There are some opportunities to get some household things done on my breaks and lunch break, which is nice. We have also been able to get some renovations done around the house without taking time off as there is someone home for the contractors. Even though I’m working from home, I do still dress for work as I find it makes it easier for me to make the distinction between “work” me and “home” me. If I’m dressed for work, then I’m in work mode. I’ve also found it easier to get more “me” time in without having a commute and I’m saving lots of money on gas as well.

I have been working effectively from home since March of 2020. I have changed companies, reduced my hours, and love the flexibility working from home allows me. I use Zoom to collaborate with my colleagues and find there is less distractions than working in an open office space.

I have been working from home off and on, with full time home in March 2020 until Sept 2020. I loved it, sadly there were days I put in way too many hours, but I quickly learned how to not do that. I was able to spend time with the family – could hold conversations and work at the same time, listen to them practice music or watch them do their online gym classes 🙂 I was also able to spend the last few months of my puppers life with him without worrying about what was happening to him. I also changed jobs during the 2021 year, and have still continued to have the flexabilty to work from home when required. I also found that I was able to get more done, both at home and with work. I never really get up from my desk when I am in the office, but at home, I was able to get laundry, a little housework, etc done as those were easy 5 minutes away from the computer breaks and be home when contractors/repair people came and still worked.. I was/am in constant contact with co workers when I am at home, as my job requires the interaction. I love the idea of being able to choose whether I want to work from home for a day or in the office.

From my aspect I was one that was asked to continue to work from the office for file look up and maintaining staff that were unable to work from home. I appreciated the quietness of the office, our communication was through jabber and it worked well with the 75% that were working from home. Our employer has requested that all staff move back to the office as long as they can maintain the 6 feet distancing. So we have about 5% at home and 95% in the office. Some found the transition back to the office difficult but we have been able to keep jabber so our communication is better than it was pre pandemic level.s

I have been working from home since March 2020. While most of my department thought it was going to be a difficult change, I have embraced it. I enjoy the flexibility of my hours as well as not having to drive, or take a train etc. every morning. I have found that my work/life balance has significantly improved and that I am much more happier and healthier. While there is less face to face social interactions with my co-workers, I have found that I am far more productive and my time management and productivity has increased. The meetings we have now seem to always stay on topic but still have a little fun chatting before and afterwards. During the 2020-2021 year, my company went though a lot of downsizing due to the industry crash and from Covid. My team of 2 reports were let go and I was left on my own to run the department. I was so lucky to have the most amazing manager that opened me up to connecting with the American and Latin American PR teams to become a super team. I have been given the opportunity to learn multiple countries payrolls and I am now responsible for 2 Latin American Payrolls and 3 Canadian Payrolls. I have been given so many learning opportunities despite the fact that I am 100% remote and in a different country. My job has become my dream job and I am enjoying every minute of it.

At first, working remotely from home was okay; personally and professionally. As the months went on, I found I wasn’t enjoying it so much. I missed my office and the personal interactions with my staff and fellow colleagues. I found I was putting in way too many hours and was not dressing for ‘work mode’. I lost interest in my job and actually resigned and moved onto another organization where as Managers we worked from home a few days a week and a few days in the office. We are all back in the office fulltime, however can work from home when needed. I think having the option or offering a hybrid version should be something organizations offer as for the most part, it’s been proven that people can work successfully from home.

I love working from home. I am very productive. I also like the flexibility not to commute long hours in traffic. Now I will work hybrid, 2 day from the office. I am exited also because I will be able to meet the rest of the team.

At first remote work was okay. I loved working from home but I realized that working from the office is better. It is so hard to get a working vibe at home that I can’t concentrate on my work properly.

Having the ability to work remotely was required for me during the pandemic, as our businesses are essential & continued working throughout. Now that we’re back in-office tho, I do find that this is my preference–I’m a bit more productive here. I also like to keep my personal & professional areas as separate as I can, which is so much easier in-office. The commute is my time to “shift gears” so-to-speak, getting into the workday mindset, or turning up the music & leaving work behind on the way home.

I enjoyed working from home. I was able to give my kids and family more time than normal. But after September 2022, we were told to be in office 100%. We lost good employees due to this. I can’t talk about others but I was more productive and able to achieve my goals when I was working from home.

I loved working from home AFTER home-schooling was done. I found that when my daughter was attending school virtually, was less productive. Once she returned. I was able to achieve SO MUCH. Work was getting done. Housework was getting done. I had more ‘home’ time in the evenings and weekends.
We went back in July 2022. I wish we could be hybrid.

I prefer to be in the office full time, even during COVID I’d come in 2-3 days a week. I found while I was at home I’d be at my desk earlier and later than my shift as there was no commute, I’d forget to take breaks or eat lunch at odd times. I missed the human contact too, and being able to have discussions in person. I have on-boarded many employees in the last 3 years that if they came up to me today, I’d have no idea who they are. To me, Human Resources needs the human touch.

I enjoy the flexibility of working from home and we are allowed to work remotely if we are out of town. Once a week we go to the office. It saves time traveling the distance.

i have been working from home since March 2020 and I absolutely love it. I work the regular hours but have the flexibility to start sooner or work later when I need to. Starting in January of this year (2023), I go into the office one day a week – not required but just nice to do.

The staff works a hybrid style – everyone was able to choose what they wanted with a few restrictions. Most managers were expected to be in the office 2 or 3 days a week or as required if needed for in-person meetings.
Some staff comes in every day, others do 2 or 3 days a week in office and a few have been able to work 100% from home, only coming into the office when required.
So far, this seems to be a happy balance for everyone.

Our office stayed open through the pandemic. There were options to work remotely if it was functional for your department. We still have some hybrid workers but 98% work in the office. I found working from home there were way to many distractions!!

In February 2020 the place I was working went into receivership and closed. I lucked out and through a coworker got another job starting March 15 2020. I really lucked out as the job was supposed to be work from home. The previous job, I would beg them sometimes to let me go work from home for the afternoon as I would get so much more accomplished that way – no disruptions as nobody else was home at the time. Now working from full time for the past 3.5 years I love it. I get a lot done in less time than I would have been able to working in an office. Now the downfall of working from home – sometimes switching from “work” to “home” just doesn’t happen – I’ll work until 8 or 9 at night – sometimes I’ll forget its supper time and then need to scramble to figure something out. I find that working from home brings other challenges as well since people think it is great being home all day you can get all your housework etc done, but that just isn’t the case I work more hours since I have a hard time switching off. Note – I am the only one in the company that works from home, everyone else is in the office full time. I have that working from home also greatly reduces the social contact, the ability to have just general discussions “water cooler talk” that you would get in the office. Thankfully I was able to attend conferences again this year to get some of that professional social contact that I was much needing.

I have been working from home since March 2020. It was a bit of a rough road at first, ensuring I had all the necessary tools I needed, and was really a godsend in May of 2020 as I was in an ATV accident where I fractured my pelvis among other injuries and if I hadn’t been able to work from home, I would have had to take a great deal of time off, with no back up at that point, and again a year ago I managed to fall off a 2ft ladder and fracture the same pelvic bone and again thankful I was still working from home! (one of my kids bought me a big package of bubble wrap for Christmas to wrap myself in:))
I find I am more productive from home as I don’t have coworkers in my office chatting, however that is also the part that I do miss sometimes, so now I go into the office at least one morning a week. Over the years in office, I had built and maintained so many great relationships with staff throughout the organization, but now from home the last 3.5 years, I haven’t established as many of those relationships with the new hires in that time period, and at times feel like I am missing that. On the flip side, my overall feeling is that working from home has given me a better work life balance, as I can flex hours if needed and am not worried that if I have personal/family things that need to be tended to, that I would fall behind in work.

I have been working from home since August of 2023. (Very late to the party). We have flex work arrangement 3 days in office and 2 days at home. It would be nice to work from home all 5 days. working from home means less commute time, less struggle getting from point A to point B going to office and back home everyday – less money and time spent.
I feel I work more at home since the computer is readily available to check emails and respond. Sometimes I can pick up something from the fridge and not buy something from outside – again less money and time spent.
I get to get to work on time and get off work on time and be home “early” to do more than sit in traffic getting home. Work from home also means no competition in booking board rooms as we need quiet space for interviews and meetings.
My work is fairly independent and there’s barely face-to-face interaction that our MS Teams can’t handle. I can have meetings all day, but with technology, this gets easier to just chat/video others within the organization. I could say I wish we could do 5 days of work from home.

Our organization heavily relies on paper and pen still, so it’s not possible to offer wfh options for other departments.

helps me actually balance things better I think