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Work from home: What's not to love? We get more sleep, less time spent on a crowded train, and more flexibility. The scales seem to weigh in favour of working from home.
For me, however, the ingenuity has died off after a lengthy stint away from the office. I miss the sight of having people at an arm's length away whom I can reach out to. I miss the casual banter over coffee and the clarity of projecting ideas across a room rather than over a screen. The worse of it is that my discipline seems to be chipping away. Yes, late nights and a lack of urgency in the morning can do that to a person.
So yes, I am all for returning to the office again, and then perhaps I'll start missing my bed... but that's all right, a bed doesn't miss anyone, only people do. :)
Alan Low, Enterprise SG
I’m definitely FOR working from home! When’s the next time you can simply roll out of bed and start working in pyjamas? Don't pretend, I know you do it too.
You can save on so many things and all Singaporeans enjoy a good deal, right? You can save a lot of money and time (plus the environment) by not commuting, buying fewer new clothes, and eating meals at home. I can spend more time with family and force my husband to massage my shoulders during lunch breaks. I am not sure about parents working from home, but I imagine it would be quite nice to see my child more, as opposed to spending all my daytime hours at the office (the famous last words of a person who is not yet a parent).
Of course, there are still many cons, like the lack of social interaction with colleagues, difficulty assimilating as a new hire, no clear separation between work/leisure time, having to try harder to keep students engaged, and tech difficulties.
Despite the cons, it has been pretty great. If only I could bring my office-issued laptop overseas, I would be somewhere in Europe, making use of the Vaccinated Travel Lanes, working from "home". One day (hopefully this month), I will pretend I am working remotely “overseas” at Sentosa...
Majella Tay, Republic Polytechnic