Working from home can make you more productive — if you can learn to tame your time
Every day, the alarm goes off at the same time: 7am. "Most of the time it's more productive to get work done from home, as you don't get constantly interrupted, you can concentrate and control the level of noise," says Libby Sander, assistant professor of organisational behaviour at Bond University. "Working flexibly solves that — I get feedback on my work, get to share ideas but can work from home when I need it to." "If your role requires you to have strong relationships and bonds with other people, working from home five days a week won't work," she says. "Yet with so many variables — including episodic anxiety and depression which can be triggered by a stressful workplace — having the flexibility to work from home can be very important."
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