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Richard has the option of working from home but prefers to be in the office.

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WFH confessions: Melburnians share their work from home secrets

In this series on working from home, employees tell us how they manage their time and what they get up to when their colleagues aren’t watching.

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The work-life juggle has eased a bit for Sarah since working from home was normalised.

WFH confessions: Coffee, birthday lunch and school fun runs: How working from home saved a corporate mum’s career

Hot Pilates, kinder drop-offs, and back-to-back work meetings. Sarah has a full work-from-home day - one that picks up again when she puts the kids to sleep.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Michael has the time he’s got back working from home to start a music business.

WFH confessions: Michael works for Telstra from home - where he juggles a second job

Between team meetings and writing documents on company processes, Telstra worker Michael takes a business call for his side hustle - but not to the dismay of his boss.

  • Cara Waters
Richard has the option of working from home but prefers to be in the office.

WFH confessions: Richard didn’t want to work from home - but his boss did

If you are senior, do you need to have a presence in the office? This policy manager from Melbourne’s east thinks so.

  • Cara Waters
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Tim could never have collected his daughter from school before working from home.

WFH confessions: Feast cooked? Check. Chiropractor? Check. Global calls? Check. All in a day’s work (from home)

Picking up his daughter from school and going for a walk is also part of Tim’s working day.

  • Wendy Tuohy

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