My wife has worked from home since late 2019 due to an medical issue. She dreads having to go back into the office. Her productivity has increased. She is a writer, so the lack of distractions (people stopping to chat and that kind of stuff) allows her to focus. She has taken on much more work during the same time.
Her department is t going back into the office anytime soon. They are actually converting their old space to “visiting staff” offices.
I know this isn’t everyone’s experience. But, depending on the structure and the job…it works well.
That is absolutely true, that it works very well for some. There are jobs where there is no good reason to have to commute to some other location.
I have always felt that where it fits, do it.
My wife got sent home for covid to work. After people started coming back to work her supervisor told her if she needed to work from home she had his blessing because her productivity never let up and got better because she wasn’t having to do meetings and get interrupted by people walking in her office. She eventually replaced her boss when he took another job and she still will work from home a couple of days a week when she needs to get something done like a special report.