July 13, 2020

Nine work from home milestones

It's been more than three months since work from home routines began. How many of these milestones have you reached?

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1

Your HR team has finally stopped starting every email with ‘As we adjust to this new normal’.

2

Nobody bothered to renew your office lease (if it wasn’t already cancelled).

3

You have one ‘Zoom shirt’—your team has seen you wear it so many times that it has become an internal joke.

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4

You’ve realised that Google is better at diagnosing your tech issues than the IT department ever was.

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5

The only ‘fun’ updates you have to share with your team are what TV show you’re currently watching, and that’s okay because it’s the only update they really care about.

6

Nobody bothers pointing out to the CEO that they are talking with their mic off anymore.

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7

You’ve stopped ending check-in calls with your manager by saying ‘see you’.

8

No one bats an eyelid when your half-dressed children walk past your laptop during video calls.

9

You have rearranged your bookshelf so that when you’re on a webinar, people see ‘smart looking books’ instead of your Tinkle comic collection.

Are there any milestones that we have missed? Tell us in the comments.

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