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Working from Home

It was a year ago today that I last went into work in the office. I left a little earlier than usual at about 4.30pm and didn't realise at that time that it was my last day in that building. Since we have been away our office has been cleared and the entire floor has been leased out to someone else. So what now?

Working from Home

Although it seems quite amazing, it is 50 weeks since I last went to work in the office in the Laycock Personal Development Centre.  On March 12th 2020 I left the office and was then told by email as I have underlying conditions that it would be best for me not to travel to work by public transport and sit in the office with Covid becoming the demon virus. So I have worked from home ever since.  Firstly using my personal Dell laptop until that decided to fail all the time as it was never designed to be used 8 or 9 hours a day. One of my colleagues collected my work Lenovo and packed it up and had it couriered to me. Although a Windows 7 Pro machine it worked okay and I was able to work. I made one trip up to the office to clear my locker and to trade the Lenovo in for a new HP Elitebook - the one I am currently using. That was back in mid-October 2020. But what about the logistics of working from home? I share a small two bedroom house with my wife, Claire, and a dog, Reg...