Despising the idea of work after everything that has happened.

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See if you can do a reduction in hours. A couple of people who I've come across who didn't want to return from furlough dropped shifts and hours and that suited them. I recently had a new colleague so very bubbly (made me realise how miserable I've felt) but they are to work flexible and coming into an office one day a week and not working completely a rigid 9-5 does something for them.

Iamdebtfree

Flatulentoldgoat said:

I don’t know what’s happened, I guess after 7-8 months of this wild bumpy ride I just have become really despiteful of the idea of going back to the good ol 9-5.

I have gotten so complacent and used to waking up when I want, being able to pick up new hobbies, go for nice walks, spending time working on my mental health etc.

Going back to being a cog in the machine feels so unnatural and down right boring.

It feels more like having to drag yourself back to school after the summer holidays.

I so completely get you. 

Been working from home from the beginning, mid-March. The thought of ever going back to the office fills me with sick dread. 

Dakta

Iamdebtfree said:

Flatulentoldgoat said:

I don’t know what’s happened, I guess after 7-8 months of this wild bumpy ride I just have become really despiteful of the idea of going back to the good ol 9-5.

I have gotten so complacent and used to waking up when I want, being able to pick up new hobbies, go for nice walks, spending time working on my mental health etc.

Going back to being a cog in the machine feels so unnatural and down right boring.

It feels more like having to drag yourself back to school after the summer holidays.

I so completely get you. 

Been working from home from the beginning, mid-March. The thought of ever going back to the office fills me with sick dread. 

Get it too, I used to work 2 days at the office anyway but its a nasty commute the days I do go (can be 1.5-2.5 hours each way).
Accepted it as part of the costs of having the career I wanted, but that won't make getting up to 4:30 to start at 7 any more enjoyable when we inevitable get back to the office.

Just got to master it though - there are people going through a LOT worse right now, and whilst that doesn't negate how we should feel about other stuff, a slice of perspective helps.

beyer78

I am a domestic supervisor at a university.
If all us house services team had stayed at home since March the place would be not fit to walk in.
Count yourself lucky you got to work from home.
I have a hours commute but don't start until 4pm. 
It gets me these office types 

TELLIT01

I suspect most of us would prefer to avoid the 9 to 5 grind if we could afford to, but we can't.  If the OP is currently furloughed they could be in for a very nasty shock if their job does end.  They won't be on 80% of normal wages, they will be on unemployment benefit and their only hobby will be trying to make the money last a full week.

Emmia

Iamdebtfree said:

Flatulentoldgoat said:

I don’t know what’s happened, I guess after 7-8 months of this wild bumpy ride I just have become really despiteful of the idea of going back to the good ol 9-5.

I have gotten so complacent and used to waking up when I want, being able to pick up new hobbies, go for nice walks, spending time working on my mental health etc.

Going back to being a cog in the machine feels so unnatural and down right boring.

It feels more like having to drag yourself back to school after the summer holidays.

I so completely get you. 

Been working from home from the beginning, mid-March. The thought of ever going back to the office fills me with sick dread. 

I'm completely the opposite, I find WFH unbelievably depressing. I have to work in our main living room, so I just see the same 4 walls from 8am until I go to bed. As a result (although I now have a reasonable work desk set up) I find it almost impossible to get good work/home mental segregation - DH always works from home, so has a separate room for his office, and can shut the door on it. I have no such luxury.

I'm pretty desperate to go back into the office full time - I generally love my job and my colleagues, and as much as DH is great, I'd like to see a bit less of him.

I appreciate I'm lucky to be continuing to work though.

JustAnotherSaver

Some will understand your situation but you're also going to get the how dare you kind of replies because you're daring to not come out and say work life is the best thing about being alive and the "Well I...." kind of replies since everyone thinks they're the most hard done by.

The longer you're off, the harder it is to go back. 6 months is my 'record' although that was many moons ago.

I was furloughed for almost 3 weeks. Going back was crap because i knew full well what we were going back to (and i was the first wave that went back which was no shocker). For our kind of work we were the only company who were going against the advice of keeping distance, minimising risk, so on and so forth. We became busier than we had been for 20 years, the public were swarming around our area. Distancing was impossible and we had a boss barking at us to turn the public round at a lightning pace (you know, where every other company in the land seemed to accept that wait times were going to INCREASE on pre-lockdown days).

Numerous complaints raised fell on deaf ears. They just saw the pound signs. If you ended up with covid and were to happen to drop dead then you'll be rolled off the premises and replaced by a new donkey the next day. You're just a number.

Going back is crap but over time it becomes normal again and the really terrible feeling just goes back to the blah-blah feeling you always had as though you were never off.

Dakta

"Some will understand your situation but you're also going to get the how dare you kind of replies because you're daring to not come out and say work life is the best thing about being alive and the "Well I...." kind of replies since everyone thinks they're the most hard done by."

Indeed. Got to remember it's work to live, not live to work too, pulling yourself back in after a break isn't necessarily going to be the most positive experience in the world. It's not a crime to experience and live the downsides of first world problems no matter what the 'how dare you' brigade may say. If you maintain perspective for your own sanity nothing wrong with it.


It gets me these judgmental types

lcc86

I agree with you, I've worked throughout but mostly from home and I also do home visits. It does have downsides but I much prefer it to being in the office 24/7. Saying that, I don't have kids and my other half doesn't work at home so it's much easier for me than it is for some others.

Masomnia

I've never been busier than over the past 6 months, and working from home has been ok but I do miss the office. I'm erring more towards office work than being at home. I think for me going into the office 3/4 days a week and being at home 1/2 days would work nicely. 

I think all this talk of it being the death of office is over-done. Full time WFH works nicely if you're well established in your career, and in your current job, and have the set-up at home to do it, but I doubt that applies to most people.

No young person who is starting out in their career and wants to get ahead will want to work from home full time.