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Working from home (AND STAYING SANE)

The ONS reports that, thanks to coronavirus, working from home has become the new normal for almost half of British workers. For many, working from home has been a lifelong ambition, thwarted only by untrusting bosses hell-bent on monitoring every move. However, chances are they weren’t planning for it to happen full-time, overnight. The reality for many lockdown-enforced homeworkers has been makeshift office spaces (read: kitchen tables), a battle for desk domain and bandwidth with their partners, and carrying on the day job with children underfoot/ home-schooling. All while under the unprecedented mental and financial stress of a global pandemic.

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