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...and I'm female.... o.O
Well, it's not that I don't wear pants when working from home. But I wear pants I would never ever go to office with.
Now I wear jeans to go shopping. Simply because it's the only remaining thing I go out for ^^
By the way, I've been working from home for a year now. I enjoyed the two-weekly meetups in the office to some extent.... But do I need them? Well, no.
What I hope for is that "the hut" can take place still, it's planned for december. That's when we tuck all the colleagues away in a lonely hut for a week as a get together. I would miss that one.
But while working I really don't miss the brabbling around me.
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I actually like speaking with colleagues.
Laptop at home instead of dual monitors at office.
Nice Herman Miller chairs at office instead of a dining table and chairs at home.
But worst of all, after I left office, I would maybe take calls from home but rarely have to log in. But now, there are meetings stretching into the night.... 
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread 
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As a result of WFH for an extended period of time, I find myself working an average of 14 hours a day. Admittedly, I love what I do, but still...
/ravi
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It certainly isn't while Zooming you get work done, is it?
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My stamina is at a new all time low.
I'm also getting fatter.
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Suddenly, I understand, that I like communicating with my co-workers.
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Why Zoom??
This survey kept me disappointed as I hate zoom.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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I brought my laptop (and docking station) home. I plugged in a couple of large external monitors similar to what I had at the office along with an external keyboard and mouse. I use Direct Access so there is no separate set-up for VPN, I just log in as normal.
I hardly notice the difference in working environment except I have my private machines to my left and right - available for google lookups on a separate screen, and NSFW stuff like gmail that is restricted at the office.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I find it much easier/more efficient to discuss issues face to face rather than through email/Teams/Skype. Some cow-orkers have familiarity with issues they just assume I know that I don't. Sometimes the same words mean different things.
But I never wave bye bye
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I agree. Facetime is important. The only good thing about working from home is the convenience.
~d~
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I have been employed by a company since 2004, but working from home since 2007.
Among the things I have missed most is not being able to brainstorm on a whiteboard with those whose opinions and ideas I respect.
I also miss going out for a coffee with colleagues and having a good old fashioned bitch session.
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Those are good reasons. I agree.
~d~
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Whenever my wife gets lonely she has no problem "checking on me to make sure I am OK".
"Don't ask questions that you don't want to know the answer..." - Tommy Lee Jones MIB3
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My wife thinks that if I'm at home then I'm not working and thus I'm available to do whatever she wants (or doesn't want to do herself)
- Leonardo
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I feel your pain.... 
Sometimes I just wonder....
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Wife here 
I taught my husband I'm available to my colleagues from 8 to 5. In this time he'll only interrupt if it's really important, or if I leave desk myself 
Just a matter of training ^^
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I was already a remote worker before the world lost it's mind. Nothing has changed for me.
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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I work with people who display the worst tendencies of the cow-workers from Dilbert land. But, at least they make up for their total lack of skill by being unwilling to learn "new" technologies like MVC, EF, etc, etc.
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Ah, the ambiance.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I miss our office Barista and going with colleagues for a cuppa ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) . It starts as a bit of a talk about non-work stuff and then somebody slips in some work into break time and afterwards there is a bit more consensus  ...
Then there is the free lunches... Excellent food, cooked healthily. I eat MUCH better when at work. I don't go with my direct colleagues to lunch though. Work is not allowed to invade too much of my break time.
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bit of a flip/flip as to how "relaxing" the driving commute to work was. The type of focus required was a good 30-40 minute switch from home -> work, then the reverse. a break of sorts in the day
The other people on the road how ever I do not miss.
Tried yesterday a short 10 minute walk around the block before work to see if that would give me that mind shift. It easier on days when not raining.
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I used to walk to the railway station, catch a train, walk to the office, then do it all in reverse at the end of the day. This:
1) gave my brain an enforced rest from work and home life
2) gave me an hour of exercise a day
3) gave me time to listen to lots of podcasts
4) exposed me to a bit of randomness and variety
5) cost me a small fortune.
I miss all of those except the last one.
Regards
Nelviticus
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Under normal conditions, I walk 3.5 km (2.2 miles), mostly uphill, to the office every morning, at a brisk speed so that I really need a shower before entering the office. That is a great way to wake up, especially when the winter storms rip the cap off my head or the fall showers make me soaking wet from the outside (in addition to the sweating from inside) .
Ater works, just let myself drop down the hill the same 3.5 km, entering my home refreshed and agile (at least compared to what I felt when raising from my office desk).
The half hour of walking every morning and after work, give my brain an hour a day to itself to digest thoughts and make up new ones. I do not put plastic devices into my ears; I prefer not to be disturbed by neither music, podcasts nor news. The external impulses I get while walking are the singing of the birds, the blowing wind, the sounds made by people I pass... And, unfortunately, a fair amount of traffic noise on half of the walking distance. But I can live with that.
The last few weeks have made me lazy, heavy, I have put on weight, and I loose my breath much faster. If I had enough self discipline, I would of course have been walking 7 km a day even if I didn't have to do it to get to work. That's an extremely hypothetical situation. I really could use a dog - but then again, I have owned dogs, and know that they would suffer the day I go back to the office. So I am not going to get one, just to drag me out of my chair to walk it.
I guess office will open again, and then I will have my daily walks. But I am not expecting to be able to do the 3.5 km uphill in 30 minutes the first week I am back
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I have had by own IT business & worked from home for almost 30 years now, and love it. I miss the traffic on a morning and night, i miss pathetic office politics, i miss having to get suited and booted every day, i miss lack of freedom to allocate my time my way, I miss fixing legacy code problems from written by half wits, I miss repeating myself to juniors who think they know better, in fact i miss a lot, and it's all good - when you wage slaves finally go back, enjoy !!!
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Now, now, Don't wake the wage slaves up. They think it's special when they don't get their "Break" interrupted by "Work".
I love the expression "Suited and Booted".
I've been working remote for various clients in software for 10 plus years. ( it all happened after working at a company that had tables for desks, crap desktop computers, everybody in the same room including tech support and sales. After yet another week of putting in 12 hour days we got free Pizza,
that's it. but I'm over it now....... Kind of,,,,,,, Mostly.....,,,,,,, )
Now I have a "GREAT" team. We are all a big family although most of us have never met.
I LOVE my office setup with custom desk, lights, 5 computers "not including the Raspberry Pi's", and 4 monitors. I put in 8 to 9 hours a day and that is pretty much it.
If I had to say I missed anything it would be the white board discussions, but we now use Balsamic's and they are actually better because you have to organize your thoughts and the end results can be coded directly.... For the most part.
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