Yeah, the culture and companionship thing is really important

We're going to need to be doing some of it remotely, but there's some things that do work better face to face. We've got a new bod starting week after next - going to take a lot of work to settle them in remotely.

Thing is that the current office environment is nothing like what it was before. With social distancing, half the office mothballed and all my team working from home why on earth would I regularly slog in (over an hour commuting each day) to be talking to my surface pro (exactly as I would be from home) on the outskirts of Newport?

Our place had over half the staff working from home before the pandemic - I was always in for when members of the team wanted to meet.

I'll still come in when there's a point. Realistically that's not going to be more than a day or two a week from here on in.

It'd also be helpful if the office environment was pleasant for when we do come in, but it's now even less suited to the work we do than it was before.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on August 28th 2020 at 20:58:18

Message Thread

Not sure I agree with this statement (Coronavirus) - ingi, Aug 28, 17:00:07
- As with almost everything these days it is being polarised (Coronavirus) - Kangol Canary, Aug 28, 20:25:51
  - Yeah, the culture and companionship thing is really important (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 20:58:18
- Our place is completely the opposite (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 18:31:39
- Swings and roundabouts (Coronavirus) - Suilven, Aug 28, 17:58:42
  - Yep let’s be honest sandwiches and coffee are hardly world beating for the economy (Coronavirus) - pinkney, Aug 28, 18:59:17
    - sandwiches and coffee are hardly world beating for the economy (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 28, 19:12:08
      - People still need and want sandwiches and coffee (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 19:23:00
  - Hopefully. Just takes a bit of time. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - essexcanaryOTBC, Aug 28, 18:01:39
- Can some local businesses sell online instead? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - essexcanaryOTBC, Aug 28, 17:54:38
  - Amazon and ebay so cheap that it's very hard to compete (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Larry Hagman, Aug 28, 18:08:53
    - That’s true (n/m) (Coronavirus) - essexcanaryOTBC, Aug 28, 19:36:44
- Depends on your office (Coronavirus) - Danny_mills, Aug 28, 17:10:57
  - McDonalds has an office? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - usacanary, Aug 28, 22:26:43
  - Agree, I've been working from home since March 20 without concern (Coronavirus) - BSE Canary, Aug 28, 17:19:52
    - I'm worried for the future of city centres (Coronavirus) - paulg, Aug 28, 18:24:08
      - I always found the middle of London (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 18:34:59
        
        Yep the City at the weekend was always weird (Coronavirus) - pinkney, Aug 28, 19:02:14
        
        The change could be long and painful... (Coronavirus) - paulg, Aug 28, 20:02:10
        
        I think it'll be painful (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 20:12:34
        
        (wasn't suggesting that you didn't think it was happening) (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 20:21:10
  - Call centre? (Coronavirus) - emmaroyds, Aug 28, 17:18:48
- One door closes another one opens (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Aug 28, 17:09:35

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