I had almost the exact opposite experience, and for basically all the same reasons you mentioned.
- Lost my amazing bike commute. It's infinitely harder to motivate myself to bike for 30 mins in the morning and afternoon now, so I don't do it.
- No lunch reset. I still take an extended lunch because I need it to break up my day, but now it's just me depressingly eating by myself.
- Not in an open-desk office where I get to interact with people regularly. Being by myself all the time makes focusing pretty much impossible.
- Meetings seem mostly the same to me, except that people are way less engaged.
- Really easy to do non-work stuff instead of working, so I often find myself doing that instead.
- Output remains impossible to measure. Building relationships is now extra difficult, so the people who have them have an even bigger leg up.
And finally, reduced my connection to my peers and my org which drastically reduces my engagement and job satisfaction.
I'm trying to get back to the office ASAP, and basically coming to terms with the fact that I'm probably going to need to switch industries because of this.
- Lost my amazing bike commute. It's infinitely harder to motivate myself to bike for 30 mins in the morning and afternoon now, so I don't do it.
- No lunch reset. I still take an extended lunch because I need it to break up my day, but now it's just me depressingly eating by myself.
- Not in an open-desk office where I get to interact with people regularly. Being by myself all the time makes focusing pretty much impossible.
- Meetings seem mostly the same to me, except that people are way less engaged.
- Really easy to do non-work stuff instead of working, so I often find myself doing that instead.
- Output remains impossible to measure. Building relationships is now extra difficult, so the people who have them have an even bigger leg up.
And finally, reduced my connection to my peers and my org which drastically reduces my engagement and job satisfaction.
I'm trying to get back to the office ASAP, and basically coming to terms with the fact that I'm probably going to need to switch industries because of this.