WHY WORKING FROM HOME IS BAD FOR YOU

Don't hate me but here's why I think working from home is bad for you. Firstly in my experience most companies do not have a concrete training and development plan that can be delivered remotely. And so all of the learning has to be done on the job by osmosis which I think is really difficult to do if you're not sat among colleagues and similarly silly little questions feel bigger when you work remotely and if you was just sat next to Dave in the office and you could be like I know this is a tough one but and so you miss out on the ability to onboard knowledge in a way that you wouldn't miss out on if you were sat amongst colleagues who were experts or more advanced in their career. Secondly I think it's really important to be seen when you're a new entrance to a career or market and the visibility is just not the same digitally. Visibility in person cannot be replicated in my opinion and therefore I think it's really important to get in front of the right people and to be seen to be working and to be seen to be doing well in person. And I just don't think you can emulate that on the internet. I also think sadly that social is so important when you're a new grad or new entrance and like getting to know people having those little chit chats in the tea room, watching make a brew like might seem so important. It might not matter that your colleague watches Emmerdale but learning those anecdotes is what allows you to ask for favours and build relationships and get promotions even after that fact and I just again don't think that can be done online. Lastly and controversially I don't think you can appreciate how much of a privilege it is to work from home and how to manage that time and how to appreciate it until you've been in a job where you are mandated in the office 5 times a week until you know the pain of commuting for pure presentism. You can't appreciate the real luxury of remote working.