At my work, almost everybody got to work from home since the beginning of the pandemic. I was one of the few who had to stay behind, due to the nature of my job

At my work, almost everybody got to work from home since the beginning of the pandemic. I was one of the few who had to stay behind, due to the nature of my job. Here's what I have observed: - The office is much quieter, and it's easier to concentrate.++ - People working from home are harder to reach. I can wait 6 hours before I get an answer to a question I would otherwise get answered within 5 minutes. - Those who stay behind become the Go-For guys for all other departments. Marketing needs something sent to a client by mail ASAP? Just ask the only guy left to gogetit! It's tiresome, especially if the other department is a mess. -People are really bad at describing things. In casual chatting, the amount of non-language communication, like pointing things, is staggering. - The more time people spend time away from work, the more they seem to get out of touch with the physical nature of what they do. For example, if you want something transported somewhere, you need to tell me from where, to where, when, how big it is and ideally a reference number or a contact. No, we can't modify the order if the truck left four hours ago...