Realized I needed to take advantage of this amazing weather and work outside for the afternoon. Ozzie appreciates it.
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This weekend flew by. Absolutely flew by. I played D&D on Friday. Saturday was coding, running a few errands, and I did a little bit of work out in the garage to fight back the ever growing mess. Today was soccer, then some more errands, some coding, dinner, and tv. And just like that, tomorrow I'm back at work. Well, working from home.
It's wild to realize I've been working from home for over a year. This December I mark ten years at Wizards of the Coast, and now over 10% of that time will have been me working from home. Hopefully we are back in the physical office in the next few months. Working from home has been interesting, but I am missing my coworkers and spending more time with people.
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Today is an exciting day. It's the day I get a new work laptop. I don't think it is much of an upgrade, at least I know the RAM on the machine is equal to what I currently have, but I am always eager to move to a new PC. It lets me shed the various apps and bits which accumulate like barnacles, the longer you use a machine. The one I am using has a few issues that I am hoping the new one solves or improves. Fingers crossed.
Also, an excuse to get out of the house.
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Working from home has certainly made dealing with repair people and home appointments simultaneously more and less convenient. More convenient, because yes of course I'll be home. Less convenient because I still try to get work done while on the laptop while they are working, whereas when I was full time in the office it was easier to knock off working under the excuse of being home.
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A Stanford survey and study published in December suggests work from home will stick
Abstract: We survey 15,000 Americans over several waves to investigate whether, how, and why working from home will stick after COVID-19. The pandemic drove a mass social experiment in which half of all paid hours were provided from home between May and October 2020. Our survey evidence says that about 25 percent of all full work days will be supplied from home after the pandemic ends, compared with just 5 percent before. We provide evidence on five mechanisms behind this persistent shift to working from home: diminished stigma, better-than-expected experiences working from home, investments in physical and human capital enabling working from home, reluctance to return to pre-pandemic activities, and innovation supporting working from home. We also examine some implications of a persistent shift in working arrangements: First, high-income workers, especially, will enjoy the perks of working from home. Second, we forecast that the post-pandemic shift to working from home will lower worker spending in major city centers by 5 to 10 percent. Third, many workers report being more productive at home than on business premises, so post-pandemic work from home plans offer the potential to raise productivity as much as 2.4 percent.
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