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indebtedgal

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My boss is looking to downgrade our office and I will prob be offered a work from home position. Its great as it suits me, So i am just wondering aside from ofice equipment what else is involved. What should I look for, Obviously I am thinking about my landline and all those obvious things, but is there anything else that comes as lets say a standard work from home benefit or anything I should be asking for.. My spare room will be turned into my office.
 
unless there is normally someone in the house during the day, your heating bills will probably go up this winter.
 
i have a childminder in the house with the kids all day so i am not worried about that. I suppose i am more worried about the lack of my spare room, so if there was some kind of benefit going a begging for that great but the disadvantage of not having a spare room does not out weight the advantage of working from home,.
 
You will get a laptop, a VPN connection to the office network....and that's it.

The days of companies paying for your internet connection, a desk, chair, printer etc.. are long gone.

The improved work-life balance, lack of commute, increased comfort and flexibility of your working hours are what you get in return.

It's a win-win situation.
 

I worked from home for 2 years, for 2 different companies. They both paid for my internet connection, separate phone line, phone bills and they provided me with a PC and printer. The second company offered to pay for an office chair and a couple of other office items but I did not take them up as I was well set up already.

I think PC, printer, internet connection and phone line are what I would expect. Desk and chair, probably not.
 
I worked from home for a while and I think it made me a little depressed. Being on your own all day is not good for you! Just something to think about.
 
Your employer is legally obliged to ensure you have a safe working environment. A kitchen chair at a kitchen table is generally not a safe working environment for a working day.

They should at a minimum be taking steps to satisfy themselves that you have a safe environment in place. This usually includes a decent chair and desk for office workers. There is also a provision in law stating that you shouldn't have to pay for any safety equipment required to do your job.
 
While working from home has many advantages there are a couple of downsides to think about.

Would you miss the interaction with colleagues, the coffee gang and the lunch breaks.

You need to lay out a very clear time-table of your working hours and you are not to be contacted during those hours. Partners, children, friends and neighbours seem to assume that once you are at home all day you are available to do the school runs, the supermarket shopping, drop in for coffee etc and you find yourself still working at midnight to catch up
 
I would say, the pleasure in working from the comfort zone of your home premises is matchless but its get quite boring at times since you are all alone at work with no colleagues around to chit-chat, those coffee breaks and the perfect aura of an office. You miss everything.
 

Correct, your employer should arrange for an ergonomic review of the area you will be working to see if it is suitable. Were you to end up some years down the line complaining of a bad back or some other injury because your place of work was not suitable, your employers run the risk of being held liable if they have not taken all neccessary actions
 
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