Remote working | Are you missing your work commute?

Pre-coronavirus, chances are you saw your daily commute as nothing but a frustration.

Whether it be sitting in traffic waiting for ever-changing traffic lights to go green, squeezed into a tube train into Central London or cycling along busy roads, weaving around pedestrians and sleep-deprived drivers, the 58:54 minutes of the average daily commute (according to the TUC) was nothing more than a frustration to most.

However, since lockdown has changed the way that the nation works, so too has it effectively done away with the commute for the vast majority who are currently based at home for the foreseeable. Whereas the average 8.8 miles distance from home to work was once the norm, the distance is now measured between your bed and your computer – and sometimes, admittedly, the two intertwine a little more than most people may state.

So how has this affected the workforce? You may imagine that cutting commute times to zero has had a purely positive effect on the workforce. Less time travelling means more time at home, more personal time and more time with the ones you love, and whilst wellbeing has risen due to this, a report from the BBC found that many are discovering just how essential their commute was for their own health.