DO YOUR HOME WORK
WORK LIFE BALANCE
Words Ellie Hughes. Photographs iStock
No desk and don’t even get us started on the lack of cycle storage
Whether you think taking work home is a great way to achieve work life ‘integration’ (the HR buzzword du jour), or an unwelcome spillover into your private time, nearly half of us are doing it every week, says a new study. But, while in the office we have fit-for-purpose work stations (and you can request a risk assessment if you think yours isn’t), at home it seems we prefer the ‘sofa-and-laptop-on-lap’ approach (possibly with Grey’s Anatomy on in the background – we won’t judge).