First off, not everyone can work from home and it should be appreciated that a lot of people go to their place of work everyday.
In talking to a group whose spouses work from home several complained it was hard on their kids. One person even said they feel like a prisoner in their own house. Others agreed. They are constantly being told everyone needs to be quiet, obviously the new “home office” is living space that is now off limits. And their spouse actually works more now than when they commuted. Several say this.
Bottom line the kids can’t be kids because their house has become a workplace. And the stay at home parent is subjected to criticism throughout the day because they supposedly don’t respect their spouse’s work. The list of issues or stressors from working at home are quite long.
Anyone else with similar observations?
Thats odd because everyone I know that worked from home loved it and did not want to go back to the office. So what if the kids have to be quieter or play in another room somewhere its about time people taught their kids to behave anyway. People I know that have noisy kids just use their headphones all day and listen to music while they are working. Noisy kid problem solved. Working from home is excellent and any company whose employees only work on computer or phone should be allowed to work from home. My company is huge and only a few people were able to work from home usually supervisors or what not. When they sent us home to work during the pandemic and decided to keep it that way it was absolutely wonderful. What a stress free environment.