Some people like working from home, fine, but for many of us it's just not right.
On the response times, if your office is one of constant interruption for that, then you can simply just have video conferencing on all day rather than just for meetings. This helps with "Hey Bob, what's the answer to this?". It has the same level of distraction as being in the office and just interrupting each other all the time. (which is awful for some, and useful for others)
I picked up a liquidation sale Aeron on Craigslist - totally worth it.
Also I’ve found it easier and faster to zoom since everyone is remote (don’t have to try and find an open meeting room).
I've been happy with the Aeron chair and getting up pretty often to wander around a bit.
People defend this self-serving behaviour in the name of 'teamwork' and it needs to be called out.
No, if it's for remote W-2 work, it's not. If it's used exclusively for your own business, it is. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated home office deductions for people who are not self-employed.
Still able to deduct those in Canada tho: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individ...