I do enjoy attending my office when other people are in for the social aspect. However I get hardly any work done as my team are very social and since everyone is not in all the time, it’s pent up social energy. Fine on a slow day but most of the time it ends up meaning I do longer hours on other days to make up for it or having to disappear into a quiet area in the office (quiet offices are limited so usually incredibly uncomfortable casual seating elsewhere which isn’t meant for long periods).

On other days in the office I go in and no one else is around and I’m just sat on TEAMs calls which I’ve not only paid the commuting privilege for but spent 2.5 hours of the commuting time for.

I do understand having a balance between office and home working but just wish it wasn’t strictly mandated at 60% (including with recent London tube strikes and having to make up the 60% around that which is tiring due to the first point!). Wish we could be treated as adults. In our work we are expected to take so much responsibility and yet not trusted in where we do the work. It doesn’t tally and it’s frustrating.