WFH loneliness - Anyone else feel lonely working from home?

is your position full-time remote? Or could you still access your campus/ office and work from there?

I work for a fairly large company and while working from home is still allowed (and sort of encouraged), we are asked to come in at least one day a week to the main campus. I've been coming in nearly every day for the last twenty months or so. going-in has really helped making working days go faster/ be more interesting. I was going bananas working alone most of 2020/2021.

I come in willingly 2-3 times a week these days. I would suggest doing that. If that's not an option, I would suggest finding a new job. Not worth being miserable.

Interesting… was just telling my daughter that even though I’m an introvert and like the convenience of wfh, I think young people working remotely is a bad idea.

Our division has mandated 2 set days where everyone has to come in, and it’s been much better than when we were fully remote. Hopefully your group could implement something like that.

I’m in the same boat. Due to my loneliness, I spend way more time on this site than I did when I went to the office everyday. I’m starving for human connection.

The main recommendation I have that has helped me is to seek social connection outside of work. Recreational sports leagues, meet-up groups, etc. The other thing I’m considering is taking my laptop to nearby coffee shops so I can work while being around other people.

I’m in the same boat OP minus being single. WFH is awesome for a short time but after a while your life starts to feel so mundane. I’d like something where I had the option to do a mix of both

Yep, I felt this way during the pandemic. I went back to working in the office. I work for an employer that had people in 4 days a week. The one WFH day will go the way of the dodo soon enough. Good riddance.

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Try going to a coffee shop for a few hours while you get some work done. Being in that atmosphere will help. Even a library may help you for a change of scenery as long as you don't have meetings.

Also, push yourself to go on a few dates, and try a new restaurant once a week. When I was single I'd try a new place every other Thursday. If you're cutting back on money, try a new coffee shop every Saturday.

It's the little things to make you feel like a person.

I don't miss commuting at all, and would much rather WFH. Those extra hours are better spent running or getting ahead on cooking.

I prefer WFH and was doing it before the pandemic too. Although I do like socializing, I am an introvert, so I'm selective with who I socialize with. Otherwise being around people, especially at work, can be exhausting and distracting for me.

I suggest getting a pet(s). Also take the initiative to do social things outside of work at least once a week. This could be as simple as going to a group run.

I love pursuing my passions from home

Go to the bar a few times a wk. Even if you dont drink, can still strike up convos

Where do you live? You can borrow my 2 year old when they are home sick and I’m still trying to WFH.

I'm an extrovert and don't like working from home all the time. I'm not lonely because I'm married with a kid and a large group of close friends but I crave being in a dedicated office

I go in 3 days a week on average even though I could work from home whenever I want (I'm a VP so make my own rules) and I work from home when I have something here to do. I suggest heading in if you want to interact with you team and I suspect some of the others feel the same way.

lmao, I feel great working from home

why would I want to hear/see my coworkers at all? Why would I want to listen to them talk about politics for 9 hours? listen to them talking about the news?

Unfortunately I almost can't work from home anymore, but I wish I did. I gain nothing and I lose a lot going to the office.

WFH can be boring sometimes but the office is worse.

Have to make small talk with all the lame ass people in tangential positions. Have to listen to my boss go into politics and not disagree with him too much.

The whole thing is a joke if you’re an engineer or someone who spends most of their time concentrating

If I’m a single 20-something spending my days working alone in a 1BR apartment, I miss being in the office mingling with my single 20-something colleagues and grabbing drinks after work, but if I’m a married 30 or 40 something with kids and a house and a mortgage, do I want to spend precious hours commuting and doing the exact same work at the office that I can do at home? Nah, I’m good.

I luv working from home! Thanks Covid. Before Covid, I'd have to join the rat race and commute an hour each way. Also, before Covid, I wished I could work from home. Wish granted! As someone posted earlier, WFH offers less distractions from the usual co-worker drama. I'm saving major $$ as well. Less buying of everything work related. Less clothes, razors, shampoo and toothpaste. Lol. Also, less gas. I actually sold my car in 2020. Please don't make me go back to the office!

Thoughts and prayers

Try being a frontline worker, working right through the pandemic, pre-vaccine, with some colleagues who are dead now.