Kirstie Allsopp
@KirstieMAllsopp
Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance. Albert Maysles.🥤🍿🚮I’m Passionate about making it easier to move. Twitter is no longer worth the bother 😘
Doing lots of interviews to celebrate 25 years of L,L,L but it has occurred to me I haven’t spoken about some of the simple tips which can make things less fraught so here goes…🧵 1. Do not exchange and complete on the same day. 2. When buying do not organise your survey until
So true. Being OUT at work isn’t just about working. You gain life experience and social skills from interacting with colleagues. Human interaction is important.
I loved my time in a busy office forging friendships that have lasted a lifetime a great social life as a bunch of likeminded teens , we had such fun but now sadly due to health issues I work from home ,which suits me at this time.Everyone needs spend time with real people
This is happening and is part of the issue and not a good sign.
In my work, it's the younger people who are happiest working from home and they are the hardest to convince to come into the office. The older ones love it.
My 17yo daughter is an apprentice High Voltage Engineer, and much prefers working in the office for all of the reasons you highlight above and more.
You haven’t mentioned the most worrying thing, which is these jobs won’t even need to be based in this country if people aren’t in the office
Bang on, i met a lovely lovely lady in the office back in 2002 👀fast forward to 2025 and we are very happily married and just welcomed our 1st grandchild 💕remote working is great but you need a balance 💯
I totally agree. WFH is bad for social life, social interaction, social cohesion. It’s just not what having an independent life is all about. Discussions and debating issues and throwing around ideas are best done in a room full of people interacting.
This is true. I have amazing memories of my first job 30 years ago!Working all week then everyone heading out on a Friday night together. We made real friends at work. Not sure it's like that for 20 year olds anymore
I’m ‘older’, and an introvert. I can’t stand working from home. Home and work should be kept seperate, imo. Forcing yourself to leave the house is healthy. Also zoom meetings are completely draining, whereas meeting people irl is stimulating - even when people are annoying!
I had never thought of it like that before Kirsty. I love working from home now but I'm so glad that I experienced going out to work when I was younger. Taught me independence and resilience. A lot of my very good friends I met while out at work. The fun and laughs we had!
Totally agree. We had a get together of ex employees a while ago and realised half wouldn’t be married to each other and none of us would have known one another to have a laugh about various antics etc in the office, or discussing tv etc. I was a single parent at home in those…
for the record i am nearly 60 and I hate working from home ..... you need to be able to divorce work and home life
It isn’t easy, but I agree that the youngest employees suffer from not being in the office. The number of things I learned from those water cooler conversations, the after-work drinks and of course simply being able to ask a question without having to schedule a Zoom/Teams call.
It’s like screaming into the void! My kids are this age and the damage done by not being in the office, getting dressed in real clothes,navigating office politics,eating lunch in the break room, happy hour drinks after work which leads to meeting co- workers friends! Ad infinitum
As an employer I absolutely agree with you. I do not think that it’s healthy or provides the right training and experience to have a young person (who may be living with their parents or in a house share) working from home. Many young people in these circumstances are living…
Welll done @elonmusk you must be so proud to have taken a forum for news, debate and, once upon a time a lot of humour and turned it into this.
And the moron who added that community note couldn’t even spell my name, it’s KIRSTIE. You would think that might be a bit of a give away @XComms
If people are allowed to add anonymous lies to peoples’ tweets then it is all over. I have no vested interest in where anyone works. I have, and always will, tweet from the heart, and if I have an interest I’ll say so.
This working from home SHIT has to stop, it’s destroying mental health for millions of young people, and forcing many others to spend far more on housing just for the extra office space. It may suit middle class, middle aged, middle management, it does not suit most young people.