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Yes, I know a number of people who are actually working from home. Many are going to back to their offices now, though, at least part of the time. They are really working. If they weren't, they'd be really not working because they wouldn't have jobs anymore.
Both my BIL and SIL work from home. BIL is in information technology with an insurance company and SIL (gasp) works for IRS. I know they are actually working, not just playing computer games or shopping online.
LOL, a friend of mine had a father who worked for the IRS. While growing up, she was not allowed to tell anyone who her father worked for. They were instructed to just say he is an accountant if anyone asked.
I'm so sorry your playtime is being inconvenienced by people who must work to support their families and who are contributing to the economy.
I have worked from home off and on for 30 years and am available to my clients basically from 8 to 8 and on the weekends as needed. That said, I'm going to walk my dog now. It's 12:30 pm. But don't worry, I'm taking my phone so I can answer texts and emails.
Yes. I know people who are diligently working from home. They have deadlines and production goals and expectations to meet. I would not want to do it myself. I would want the social connection and I wonder if I have the discipline to work from home.
I'm retired and a writer and I write a little every day, maybe a couple hours or half a day, but that is different from working for someone else. I maintain an internet guide for a local foundation, and I am a procrastinator when it comes to that expected work. It's volunteer work and I get it done but I don't jump on it immediately. If I was paid and that was my income, I would probably have a different attitude.
Retirees (who have been retired at least 5 years so you know what it was like to be retired before Covid), based on your own observations when you are out and about during the day or when you are on the Internet, do you believe non-retirees are really working from home like they're supposed to be/say they are?
I don't. We used to have shopping time and "play time" to ourselves without traffic and crowded locations during 8:30A - 11:30A and 1:00P - 4:00P. Now it's like everyday is the weekend and I hate it. There is no longer a good time to do things.
Also, I used to play a computer trivia game when I knew people were at work so I would be playing with/against other retirees meaning we'd have about the same knowledge having lived through some of the trivia but less the speed (which also is part of the scoring). Now those non-retirees are playing during "working hours." I know because if you and the person they pit you against know all of the answers by category, the person who recalls the answer faster (you can tell by the score, example 990 vs 965) wins.
You don't have to weigh in on your opinion of it, if you don't want to. I just want to know I'm not imagining that there are people out and about during the day who should be working.
What you believe or imagine is your personal opinion. WFH is not playing computer games and hanging out.
Are you familiar with metrics, production, numbers? It is rather easy for an employer to track what you do and what you do not do. I have been WFH in a cut throat industry for 20 years. My CD time is generally when I am on the phone and know that the other party will not make the cut but I prefer to end the conversation on a pleasant note. I am accountable for my production otherwise I will not make the cut.
You don't have to weigh in on your opinion of it, if you don't want to. I just want to know I'm not imagining that there are people out and about during the day who should be working.
Do realize that 10,000 retire PER DAY and this adds (per state average) 73,000 per year to the rolls of puttering, part time employment, window shopping, gossip group (AKA Sewing circle) charity groups (God bless them)
Then you have the workers who have children who may need urgent care, a doc visit, or hospital visit, have a few days off, staggered work shifts, maybe got laid off with severance and are taking a month off from work.
Then you have delivery drivers, DD, GH, UE plus local Walmart, Target, Amazon delivery, they also have breaks and such.
Really sucks to have to rub elbows with the dregs huh?
Think it has been like that for a while now. Back in the day when I used to go out and about to different stores (5 years ago) - I noticed that there were more and more people there.
Now a very busy time is when school is let out. I went to the big grocery store once at 4 and was shocked at how packed it was. The cashier told me that the after school crowd was the largest during the week. So I avoided that.
Even here in our small town store - lunch crowd, after school crowd.
Good time is when there is a big sports event going on - Super Bowl - places are deserted!
When I retired in 2000 I got a part time city planner job and had to be out in the community every day instead of in an office. I was stunned by all the people who were out and about or seemingly roaming aimlessly around town. I imagine it is even busier now but I’m used to it.
I worked from home part of the time before I retired. I got all my work done, and had more flexibility with hours, so I'd do my shopping mid-week instead of the weekends.
If they don't get their work done, they'll probably have issues with the boss.
I live in Tucson, AZ, so we get a huge influx in the winter, and it's also one of the areas that has experienced a lot of population growth in the last couple of years. Aside from those, I haven't noticed a big uptick in the number of people around.
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