what have you done this week?

Bostonerimus1

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82201112#Comment_82201112

Thanks, I can always use more podcasts.

Bostonerimus1

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82201091#Comment_82201091

I had the BBC Sounds app until they stopped access to it from outside the UK. I can still listen to Radio 4 and World Service on BBC.com and selected shows as podcasts.

Albermarle

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82195760#Comment_82195760

Maybe there is an element of 'things were always better in the past' and in reality many people also hated their jobs, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.

In my own career my enjoying/hating/something inbetween the job, varied significantly over the 35 years. Although I was always working in approx the same sector.

First few years in first proper job - very enthused, gradually dropping off after 10 years. New CEO made last 3 years stressful.

New job - Keen for first 10 years, but then company taken over. Bad four years and got a bit depressed. The part of the company I worked for was sold off and me with it. Much better and higher role with lots of work/life flexibility.

Retired on a high note- company went downhill after that ( not because of me retiring !) Ex colleagues miserable - now company is bankrupt and all out of work.

So maybe it is more down to your personal work circumstances ( or the employers), than some general decline in employees work situation.

Mental health seems to be a big thing since Covid and now there are those that don’t even like being in the office if they can get away with it because it gives them anxiety

Personally I can not quite understand why Covid has apparently had such a long lasting effect on so many people, who were not directly affected by a serious attack of the illness.

mrklaw

potentially those workers that were able to work from home during covid realised how little practical benefit there was being in an office, so that once they did have to return to office it amplified the friction that was always there but you just assumed was necessary for the job.

Veloflyer

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82201966#Comment_82201966

Latterly, I worked 2 oo 5 days from home. Surprisingly, I found I could concentrate far better, and meetings over Teams were well conducted without being side tracked as per the office. Decent coffee was always available and I actually worked longer hours - no commute. That said, I could not have worked full time at home. Human interaction was necessary for me to determine priorities, obtain a "feel" for what is going on, and discuss technical issues face to face.

Fine for me and many others, but I gained the impression that there was considerable abuse of WFH going on. Management were not on top of it - principally as many were not man-managers - and they were fearful of being accused of something or other. Towards the end, the company brass decided only 1 oo 5 was tolerable.

WFH has now almost morphed into some sort of entitlement regardless of whether it is suitable for the company or not, and it is interesting to me that the perceived needs of the individuals now seem to outweigh the needs of the company.