We went out into Manchester to ask people on the street about working from home and whether there was an argument that work should now move back into the offices.
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00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester World. My name is Theo Hewson-Betz and today I'm going out onto the
00:03streets of Manchester to ask people about office working and that's because working from home has
00:08had a big rise in popularity since the Covid pandemic and while it suits a lot of people
00:12and saves them money in travel, it can mean that some people feel a bit isolated and struggle to
00:16make friendships at work. We want to know if people think that people should be forced to
00:19go into the office a couple of times a week and where the balance should be struck. I think being
00:23in office once a week is all right but I think if it's about job performance I think it's where
00:29ever, wherever someone feels comfortable. I've always preferred it from home, a lot of the
00:32jobs I've done, outside of going out that I had to do some reporting jobs, I think a lot of it has
00:38just been, you can just do it on a laptop and you don't need to go into a big office space to do
00:43that, especially with all the added costs of travel. There's not always that social aspect to it
00:48sometimes, it depends what the, yeah, what work it is. I mean I've done lots of bars and restaurants,
00:54yeah they're very sociable obviously but then there's others like office jobs where it's less so.
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