There are many that suggest that when the pandemic ends working remotely will continue. I do not work remotely so there will be no change for me. Others??
Posts: 17695 | Location: Stuck at home | Registered: January 02, 2015
I've been in to the office maybe 3 or 4 times total since March. I have an employee who started in August and did orientation and has worked remotely since then - we don't even have an office designated for him yet. He has had to go to several locations, he's a network admin, but otherwise completely remote. Of the other 15 or so, most have been 90-95% remote, with one exception - a guy who doesn't have good internet availability at his house. He has had the ground floor of our entire office building to himself for the most part since March.
We will definitely see an increase in remote work - we had 0 remote work before the pandemic, but I don't think it will remain full time remote for my whole department.
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Posts: 29408 | Location: In the red hinterlands of Deep Blue VA | Registered: June 29, 2001
I own a small business (about 50 employees) that cannot function in a state of any sort of lockdown. I have struggled back from about 10% of my usual business to about 63% now.
Thank God for Gov. Desantis.
I still don't know what the future holds for me, I will continue to fight for my staff and business to survive...
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Posts: 8000 | Location: East Central FL | Registered: January 05, 2009
I’ve been working from home since November of 2015. Took a bit of getting used to but now I think I’m far more productive than I was in an office full of distractions.
Working from home since mid-March. Can't travel to see how my project in China is doing, or to solve problems in India, Canada, and UK. So we're using some of those camera glasses to see how things are going at a few of the sites.
After this is over, I don't anticipate any worker that is tied to a site to go to work full time - probably 2-3 days a week tops with the other days at home. The elimination of the cost of half the offices is going to be something the brass can't turn down, after it has been proven that working at home is viable for most employees that aren't site-tied.
Posts: 5034 | Location: Indiana | Registered: December 28, 2004
My sister and BIL are in the process of moving their Travel Agency home this weekend after almost 30yrs of doing business here in Miami. They currently are located in Pinecrest and had an excellent run but even the most established travel agencies are really being crunched with this pandemic. Fortunately they have well established business accounts and schools etc, so they may survive. Walk-ins business is where they will have the biggest losses, sadly.
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Posts: 9660 | Location: 140 mi to Margaritaville, FL | Registered: January 02, 2008
It’s going to be interesting for sure. Both the wife and I are working from home. Her company just signed a five year lease so I would imagine they will be in the office in a few months. The company I work for has been shocked at how well this whole working from home thing has worked out and I believe things are going to change dramatically since the lease on our 5 million dollars building is up in 2021. At the very least we will be moving to a much smaller building.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 1s1k,
All of my work is other peoples houses, so except for the first week (which had me panicked) my plumbing and heating business is great. No thanks to Cuomo!!
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Posts: 3856 | Location: WNY | Registered: April 11, 2009
My job is too hands-on. I’ve been at work during the entire pandemic.
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Posts: 17746 | Location: New Mexico | Registered: October 14, 2005
My wife and I have both been work from home since Mid March and from the sound of it, will continue to be until early summer. Downtown Fort Worth was near 100% capacity for office space before Covid hit. I've heard from multiple sources it's currently somewhere between 35-40%. Companies are not going to go back to carrying the overhead of an office when they've already made the capital investment in remote work, unless productivity falls.
I work from home probably 75% of the time since everything went wonky in March. I'm an active duty Army officer so it's kind of odd but I'm not complaining. My fitness level has suffered a bit because of all this though.
We are working from home until June 2021. Offices are closed to everyone who does not need to physically touch something in them. Appointment required to retrieve personal items.
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Posts: 4132 | Location: Colorado | Registered: August 24, 2008
I've been working from home since the first week of March. We won't be going back for at least several more months. I can retire any time; I'll probably go ahead and retire if they decide to bring us back to the office - I don't want to go back to a 35 minute (on a good day), heavy traffic commute.
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Posts: 16721 | Location: Under the Boot of Tyranny in Connectistan | Registered: February 02, 2005
Been home since mid March and there's talk that Tele-working may be an option when the pandemic is over. I've got seven years to go and would love to stay home from here on out. Commute went from 30 minutes to 30 seconds and my refrigerator is my second best friend, what's not to like ?
