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The \u201cmodern workplace,\u201d perhaps best defined by cubicles and the prized corner office, a water cooler and break room, and the dreaded commute. For so long, moms and dads have followed the same weekday routine\u2014traffic, work, traffic, home, repeat\u2014straddling between monotony and comfortability wondering which one is worse. How often did you dream about a day in pajama bottoms without touching your paid time off?<\/p>\n

Then came a pandemic and the majority of white-collar jobs moved inside the home. In fact, recent data<\/a> shows that 72 percent of office workers are still working from home despite looser restrictions across the country.*<\/p>\n

Some of us like it, others never did, and for the rest\u2014enough is enough. No matter how you feel though, the grass is always greener on the other side.<\/p>\n

When Flexibility Is a Problem<\/h3>\n

Pro:<\/strong> Working from home means the freedom to create your own hours outside of team meetings and client calls. You can \u201cstart the clock\u201d while simultaneously feeding the kids, and no one\u2019s the wiser. Ever start dinner on mute with your video off? Sure. It\u2019s impossible to separate home from work when you\u2019re working from home.<\/p>\n

Con:<\/strong> When your day lacks structure, it\u2019s easy to exceed 8 hours of work or start and end at unusual times. Since you\u2019re living at the office, work is always within arm\u2019s reach. Got a big report to finish by 10 am? Well, it\u2019s sitting right there in your computer. No reason not to get to it after dinner, right?<\/p>\n

Distracted While Working<\/h3>\n

Pro:<\/strong> Remember the exhilaration as a kid on sick days when you could watch daytime television\u2014a little Montel Williams<\/em> or (gasp!) Jerry Springer<\/em>? Twenty-odd years later and you\u2019re feeling a similar high when binging Netflix on a Wednesday afternoon. You can play a little hooky from work as long as you get the work done.<\/p>\n

Con:<\/strong> You might tell yourself it\u2019s only background noise, but the television is a huge distraction. It\u2019s eating up brain cells and prolonging the hours it takes to finish work. Aside from the stuff you can control, there are a million other distractions at home\u2014some small, like the deafening silence of an empty house, and some big, like two barking dogs and a cat.<\/p>\n

People Need People<\/h3>\n

Pro:<\/strong> Let\u2019s face it, there are some days you just don\u2019t want to see anyone. You might have spilled your coffee all over the place or spent the night awake with a sick kid. Whatever the reason, you just don\u2019t have patience for the office \u201cChatty Cathy.\u201d Working from home means more peace and quiet and far less face time. Plus, you only have to worry about how you look from the waist up.<\/p>\n

Con:<\/strong> Living and working within the same four walls with the same folks around (sorry, spouse and kids) can feel isolating. You know you\u2019ve reached your limit of \u201cme time\u201d when you start to turn emails into meeting invites. There’s no shame in admitting it\u2014people need people.<\/p>\n

*There are so many parents who never had a choice to work from home. They are truly the unsung heroes. We thank everyone in healthcare, food industries, maintenance and cleaning, and scores of other jobs who helped to keep the world moving during a crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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