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Working from home as a result of this

8 (27.6%)

Working from home and was prior to this

7 (24.1%)

Some from home some on site or office

3 (10.3%)

Was at home as a result but now back to office etc.

1 (3.4%)

Never worked from home as a result

10 (34.5%)

Total Members Voted: 28

[yorkdude]

Just curious how this situation has changed your work habits for the folks here.

[slaga]

I already was working from home so that has not changed. My hours have been reduced somewhere between 20% and 25% though. I did not make the furloughed list so I am feeling quite fortunate. My wife would fall in the category of, normally works in office but now works from home.

[dk117]

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[dk117]

most of these pictures are from 2006.  I'm in there right now, with better TV, 3 monitors and computer, but same basic setup. 

Been working from home for 19 years.  Getting tired of the coddling and whining about working from home.  I understand it's a difficult transition period, but trust me, over time you can be WAY more productive working from home than the office with commute and water cooler chats.

Now I also agree it takes a certain amount of discipline.   And per my point here, a dedicated workspace. 

[Bar-B-Lew]

Have been working from home for about 5 years so that hasn't been different for me.  Getting used to remembering others are working from home has.  I do agree that having a dedicated work space is important.  I also feel like I get much more accomplished working from home than in the office setting.  However, some of that water cooler talk does deliver interesting information that helps to lead to opportunities that I feel I am missing not being in an office environment.  But, I will take working from home over the office for the rest of my career if I have that choice.

[yorkdude]

I went home for about 10 days and went crazy, I do not have a dedicated space nor an area I could dedicate unless I did something like "dk117", I still just don't think I could ever get used to it though.
It felt so strange and while I have no problem organizing my day at work, I struggled at home.
What I did do while I was home though is drive in to the office every morning at about 2:00 and work until about 7:30 to get out of there before others came in, I would print plans etc. do what I could get done in that time frame and then head home and finish my day there.

[Th3Batman86]

Essential government worker here. I have been in a warehouse all day every day since the end of March. (some weekends too). This has dramatically increased my workload as I have been reassigned to the warehouse that is receiving, inventorying, and shipping all of the PPE and childcare supplies for the State of Oregon.

No work from home for me. I am in fact 30 minutes from my normal work site.

[yorkdude]

Essential government worker here. I have been in a warehouse all day every day since the end of March. (some weekends too). This has dramatically increased my workload as I have been reassigned to the warehouse that is receiving, inventorying, and shipping all of the PPE and childcare supplies for the State of Oregon.

No work from home for me. I am in fact 30 minutes from my normal work site.

That is important work for sure. Where about in Oregon, my parents used to own a bed and breakfast in Jacksonville Oregon called the Bybee house, they sold it about 20+ years ago, It was really cool back then, not even sure if it is still around though.

[Th3Batman86]

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That is important work for sure. Where about in Oregon, my parents used to own a bed and breakfast in Jacksonville Oregon, they sold it about 20+ years ago, It was really cool back then, not even sure if it is still around though.
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I live in Albany and my normal worksite is Salem. The current temporary warehouse is Wilsonville. Although temporary may be an overstatement. They are saying this operation could last another 12-24 months (until there is a vaccine or good heard immunity) as there will be flareups every fall and winter. So who knows how long I will be here. Although it will become much smaller than it is now. Will be more of a state PPE reserve than a FEMA drop point. The National Guard that were called in to help in the state of emergency leave in two weeks. Then it will just be a state run operation.

[Bentley]

Very nice office, but not sure I could have given up the beach area! 

[W6YJ]

In my case, I've been working from home (for myself) coming up on 31 years later this month.

What is starting to get to me is being here pretty much 24X7.

As I'm part of the older at risk group, maybe I'm taking the self isolation a bit too seriously.

But am concerned enough to not venture out for more than groceries and taking the risk of becoming a statistic.

[Darwin]

most of these pictures are from 2006.  I'm in there right now, with better TV, 3 monitors and computer, but same basic setup. 

Been working from home for 19 years.  Getting tired of the coddling and whining about working from home.  I understand it's a difficult transition period, but trust me, over time you can be WAY more productive working from home than the office with commute and water cooler chats.

Now I also agree it takes a certain amount of discipline.   And per my point here, a dedicated workspace.

I agree!  I start when I wake up and I stop when I feel it's time to.  I don't miss the 2-3 hours of drive time, getting to work in a bad mood because of traffic & idiot drivers, the office politics and other nonsense.  I get more done and I work longer hours from home.
I do have coworkers who say they love their children but they need a break and wish they were at the office.   
I do miss the social aspects sometimes, but I have learned to do without.

[cookingjnj]

I answered some from home some from site or office prior to this.  I travel (or I did travel) a lot for work.  Usually 3-4 days a week three weeks out of the month.  The days I was not traveling normally I worked from home and would go into the office a couple days a month.  Now with zero travel it is all from home. 

[ylr]

Couldn't really answer your poll; however, my life has still been impacted. I was laid off for three weeks in April, and Sunday, I'll be laid off for at least two weeks more. With the extra unemployment the gov't has given, I'm not hurting, but I'm not making as much as I normally do, either.