Is this the end of the home office? This might be the future of WFH instead

Is this the end of the home office? This might be the future of WFH instead

Before the pandemic, I had never worked from home in any meaningful way. Then overnight, I, like many people, became a full-time remote worker – something that has persisted post-pandemic into a major shift in my working lifestyle. For that first year, I confined myself completely to working in my home office, a space that we’d recently re-decorated and installed a desk in, despite rarely needing this facility before. 

Fast forward to 2023, and though I still work from home, the way I do it has fundamentally changed. My approach is much more fluid as to where I call a work space – often, the dining table, a spell on an armchair, the sofa, or standing at kitchen countertops while I make coffee. From my colleagues’ shifting backgrounds when we take video calls, they seem to be taking a similar approach, too.