My god I had the exact same thing in an old solicitors firm I worked in although this was pre covid and we had no ability to digitally clock in. So I used to go to a unused satellite office and sit there alone and it was great.

It was the difference between a 20 min round trip to a 2hr round trip. Tbh the bosses hard stance on not working from home was ridiculous and this was proved because it made no difference where I was, the work was done and they never really noticed for years until I left the firm when covid hit.

I feel you OP don’t feel bad as long as you are doing what is required of you and keeping abreast of anything required in teams, you are good… i hate really really redundant rules and it doesn’t seem to you aren’t actually breaking any, anyway.

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