I should add our juniors are getting screwed. Usually we spend a lot of time training and coaching, now at home they're mostly ignored. I think our intern class is going to get cancelled too.

My company cancelled its intern program this year. I actually did hire one but I was very proactive in making it happen and barely got it done before shelter-in-place kicked in. It's really challenging for both sides compared to last year due to lack of in person but it's working.

FWIW, this is going do depend highly upon the individual companies. Our own is continuing to bring in and work with interns, even though it does cost a bit more in terms of a FT individual’s time.

We currently hire our babysitter for 3 days a week to do stuff with the kids while we work and make money. It works out very well for everybody.

It's also more problematic right now because of the lack of childcare/school. If that resumes, then the child distraction problem goes away (but leaves other issues like: lack of social interaction, sub-par home office situation, etc).

Personally, even though my commute sucks, there is something to be said for having 8+ hours around adults. I've also noticed I am less eager to interact with my 4-year-old now because she's always around, always needs something, always loud (even with the office door closed), and I feel guilty that she's not getting the attention she needs. Schools re-opening would totally change this.

Oh, yes. In the olden times, I could hop on the subway for 20 minutes and get to a magical place with free food, good coffee, an actual full-sized desk, a monitor bigger than a 12" portable, and no fights breaking out every 45 minutes or small people coming in and saying "Dad? Daaad?" just as I had a hold of an idea.

That probably suggests there's an urban / suburban divide, too, where the people with enough real estate to set up a full-on home office are much happier with the results. I don't even know where I'd stick a 27" monitor if I ordered one.

Having your kids with you is a transitory thing, when school starts back up the problem will decline sharply.

It’s worth remembering that these are not your standard work from home conditions - you’re being kept in due to an emergency, and trying to also get some work done.

I wouldn't call 18 year transitory. Yes the problems decline, but there are still issues with working from home with kids. Generally space and noise becomes an issue as well.

I think the parent comment means that in "normal" circumstances the kids are not at home all day making it less of an issue. I don't think he meant that they will move out (plus in the area where I live there was a sharp rise in rents in recent years and it's now much more common for people to stay with there parents _much_ longer. Like meeting a 24 year old person living with their parents (again) isn't that uncommon. (Not that common either)).

I'm a 26 year old male and I prefer going in office over working from home.

Right now, there's not just wfh but also kids from home. Under normal circumstances they'd spend their day in school.