WFH confessions:Melburnians share their work from home secrets

WFH confessions:Melburnians share their work from home secrets

In this series on working from home,employees tell us how they manage their time and what they get up to when their colleagues aren’t watching.

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WFH confessions:Michael works for Telstra from home - where he juggles a second job
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WFH confessions:Michael works for Telstra from home - where he juggles a second job

Between team meetings and writing documents on company processes,Telstra worker Michael takes a business call for his side hustle - but not to the dismay of his boss.

  • byCara Waters
WFH confessions:Richard didn’t want to work from home - but his boss did
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WFH confessions:Richard didn’t want to work from home - but his boss did

If you are senior,do you need to have a presence in the office? This policy manager from Melbourne’s east thinks so.

  • byCara Waters
WFH confessions:Feast cooked? Check. Chiropractor? Check. Global calls? Check. All in a day’s work (from home)

WFH confessions:Feast cooked? Check. Chiropractor? Check. Global calls? Check. All in a day’s work (from home)

Picking up his daughter from school and going for a walk is also part of Tim’s working day.

  • byWendy Tuohy
WFH confessions:Coffee,birthday lunch and school fun runs:How working from home saved a corporate mum’s career
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Flexible working

WFH confessions:Coffee,birthday lunch and school fun runs:How working from home saved a corporate mum’s career

Hot Pilates,kinder drop-offs,and back-to-back work meetings. Sarah has a full work-from-home day - one that picks up again when she puts the kids to sleep.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Working from home? You may spend less time on career development

Working from home? You may spend less time on career development

Workers in the office spend 25 per cent more time in career-development activities than their remote counterparts,according to new data from a team of economists who have analysed working from home since the pandemic began.

  • byMatthew Boyle
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The WFH deal that challenges the future of office culture

The WFH deal that challenges the future of office culture

Working from home rights are shaping up as a battleground for the Albanese government as its 150,000-strong workforce pushes for a pay deal that could set a national standard.

  • byAngus Thompson
Sydney train patronage shows Monday most popular day to work from home

Sydney train patronage shows Monday most popular day to work from home

New figures also show the biggest rebound in train travel has been on the weekends,while Thursday is dubbed the new Friday in the CBD.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Let me work from home or I won’t work for you,it’s that simple
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Opinion

Let me work from home or I won’t work for you,it’s that simple

We shouldn’t have to go into the office simply for the sake of it. Smart,progressive employers will get the best out of their staff if they offer truly flexible working arrangements.

  • byErin O'Dwyer
Melbourne’s CBD is dead. But what’s emerging might be even better
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Melbourne’s CBD is dead. But what’s emerging might be even better

Pretending the CBD will go back to how it was is a waste of time. Instead,we need to embrace a different Melbourne.

  • byCara Waters
I’m a professional and mother with neurodivergence - WFH has made my career soar
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Opinion

I’m a professional and mother with neurodivergence - WFH has made my career soar

Bright fluorescent lighting,loud chatter or music,restrictive clothing,the lack of personal space in open-plan workplaces or on public transport - the office is not for everyone.

  • byBridget Pringle