Do you remember the last time you consistently worked in an office? For some of us, it’s been a long time! Remember when we had inside jokes IRL and crumbs in our keyboards? Sometimes we wore dress clothes and did our hair! We went to lunch and meetings and happy hours with people.
When the pandemic prompted news organizations to move journalists out of the office and into their homes, we all had to adjust. I haven’t worked from an office consistently since 2019, so this isn’t new for me. I guess my experience in working remotely is what led many of my friends and former colleagues to ask me for advice on how they should adapt to WFH life. They were forced into it by a pandemic — I chose it.
Many of us had to make a few changes to work effectively from home:
We all had to find a way to work effectively outside the office. Now that we’ve been doing it a while, I suspect many will be lobbying to keep working from home, even if it is just a few days a week. We’ve gotten into a groove — and really, who wants to put dress shoes on again, anyway?
Mandy Jenkins is head of product at Factal.
Do you remember the last time you consistently worked in an office? For some of us, it’s been a long time! Remember when we had inside jokes IRL and crumbs in our keyboards? Sometimes we wore dress clothes and did our hair! We went to lunch and meetings and happy hours with people.
When the pandemic prompted news organizations to move journalists out of the office and into their homes, we all had to adjust. I haven’t worked from an office consistently since 2019, so this isn’t new for me. I guess my experience in working remotely is what led many of my friends and former colleagues to ask me for advice on how they should adapt to WFH life. They were forced into it by a pandemic — I chose it.
Many of us had to make a few changes to work effectively from home:
We all had to find a way to work effectively outside the office. Now that we’ve been doing it a while, I suspect many will be lobbying to keep working from home, even if it is just a few days a week. We’ve gotten into a groove — and really, who wants to put dress shoes on again, anyway?
Mandy Jenkins is head of product at Factal.
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