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Age of children is also factor. I suspect people enjoy the escape an office provides when they have toddlers. I really enjoy having lunch with my teenage kids e

Age of children is also factor. I suspect people enjoy the escape an office provides when they have toddlers. I really enjoy having lunch with my teenage kids everyday thanks to Covid. Working from home has been a blessing.

garborg 6y ago
My and my spouses co-workers seem to be split on whether or not they have young kids at home that they're supposed to be watching while they work. My spouse and I are lucky enough to have help watching our kids and seeing them more as well as getting those prep and commute hours back is such a blessing.
matwood 6y ago
I ignored kids because that should not be typical of a long-term WFH situation. All of my WFH coworkers still use day cares, etc...
ryanSrich 6y ago
Kids are a spectrum. The lockdown is so different depending on how old your kids are: Infant = stressed, but manageable Toddler = worst case scenario Young child = second worst case scenario Teen = enjoyable
- allendoerfer 6y ago
  So essentially: Kids are annoying. Babies are sweet though.
  - kelnos 6y ago
    More or less. Young kids want your attention and don't have the capacity to understand why you can't give it and have to focus on something else for 8 hours, so they'll just keep interrupting you. Babies require your attention periodically for basic-life needs or general fussiness but nothing beyond that (which is stressful, but not intellectually taxing). Teenagers are likely a bag of contradictions, but at least they understand the concept of working all day and needing space to concentrate. You can reason with a 15 year old, but not a 5 year old.
    - mac01021 6y ago
      I'm mostly solving this issue with my 3-year old by playing with her all day (save for an hour or two of meetings) and then catching up on work at night, at the expense of a bunch of sleep. I'm lucky that my software job is mostly conducive to this...
- jdreaver 6y ago
  As someone with an infant and a toddler, working from home, this hits the nail on the head. I have been working remotely my whole career, and I love it, but working at home _with_ children there is about 5x harder.
- briandear 6y ago
  I have four kids under age 8, including a two-year-old. Brutal doesn’t begin to describe it.
  - mcv 6y ago
    I've got an 11 year old and a 5 year old. Sometimes I tell the oldest to go play with his brother, so they both won't bother us. This tends to work very well for about 30 minutes, and then they're in a fight.
- JshWright 6y ago
  Twin three year olds and a seven year old here...
mattmillr 6y ago
My kids are 1 and 3, going to work at the office was definitely the easier part of my day before WFH started! I consider it a good week now if I'm mostly attentive in all the meetings I have and get a modicum of actual work done.

garborg 6y ago

My and my spouses co-workers seem to be split on whether or not they have young kids at home that they're supposed to be watching while they work. My spouse and I are lucky enough to have help watching our kids and seeing them more as well as getting those prep and commute hours back is such a blessing.

matwood 6y ago

I ignored kids because that should not be typical of a long-term WFH situation. All of my WFH coworkers still use day cares, etc...

ryanSrich 6y ago

Kids are a spectrum. The lockdown is so different depending on how old your kids are: Infant = stressed, but manageable Toddler = worst case scenario Young child = second worst case scenario Teen = enjoyable

allendoerfer 6y ago
So essentially: Kids are annoying. Babies are sweet though.
- kelnos 6y ago
  More or less. Young kids want your attention and don't have the capacity to understand why you can't give it and have to focus on something else for 8 hours, so they'll just keep interrupting you. Babies require your attention periodically for basic-life needs or general fussiness but nothing beyond that (which is stressful, but not intellectually taxing). Teenagers are likely a bag of contradictions, but at least they understand the concept of working all day and needing space to concentrate. You can reason with a 15 year old, but not a 5 year old.
  - mac01021 6y ago
    I'm mostly solving this issue with my 3-year old by playing with her all day (save for an hour or two of meetings) and then catching up on work at night, at the expense of a bunch of sleep. I'm lucky that my software job is mostly conducive to this...
jdreaver 6y ago
As someone with an infant and a toddler, working from home, this hits the nail on the head. I have been working remotely my whole career, and I love it, but working at home _with_ children there is about 5x harder.
briandear 6y ago
I have four kids under age 8, including a two-year-old. Brutal doesn’t begin to describe it.
- mcv 6y ago
  I've got an 11 year old and a 5 year old. Sometimes I tell the oldest to go play with his brother, so they both won't bother us. This tends to work very well for about 30 minutes, and then they're in a fight.
JshWright 6y ago
Twin three year olds and a seven year old here...

mattmillr 6y ago

My kids are 1 and 3, going to work at the office was definitely the easier part of my day before WFH started! I consider it a good week now if I'm mostly attentive in all the meetings I have and get a modicum of actual work done.