Ministers face backlash over messaging campaign calling time on home working

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5. I think we're broadly in agreement.

Quite a few of the authors I've worked with have been American, so I'd have had problems finishing editing their books on time if I hadn't had the option of working late in the UK time zone to make the most of the overlap to exchange emails more quickly, rather than playing catch-up next day. If I'd been office-bound, I'd probably have had to chip in work at home at that time anyway, or risk running behind deadline.

Different strokes for different folks - I've never been an early bird, always a night owl, so it suits me. I loathed commuting in the Thames Valley when I had to do it when I first started work, and didn't enjoy my exposure to petty office politics and having to look busy even if there wasn't much to do.

At least many people have now had a taste of working from home and can make more informed decisions about how they work in future.