Except when it's a pandemic. I've worked from home for 8 years running a software company, and so do all of my employees. All of our clients are discovering "w

Except when it's a pandemic. I've worked from home for 8 years running a software company, and so do all of my employees. All of our clients are discovering "work from home" which basically translates into "free vacation" for them, so we're not getting a lot of feedback. This is a particular rare instance, obviously, but I think it is different than regular work-from-home because there is more existential dread interferring with productivity. I've given most of my employees time off because they were taking sick days or personal days to cope with getting food and dealing with spouses and children at home who aren't used to it. Heck, even I find myself sort of spinning on news and anxiety and my mind drifting from work (I've googled more about preppers/prepping than I ever have, and not just to laugh at them.) And we've talked about this during All-hands staff meetings, but I don't let on the extent to which it stresses me out personally. (Yay anonymous accounts!) TL; DR: Normally I think WFH leads to better results for companies like mine, but under the current circumstances this isn't the case.