Doesn't anyone go to work anymore !

Cleaned 18 houses today and ALL bar one of them, the people were in. (All ages) Not exactly the holidays or the day after the weekend. Been noticing this for a long time now. Perhaps a lot are working from home these days but they can't all be surely. 

Anybody had similar experience. 

We have the opposite the vast majority of our customers are out when we do the windows, 

Im finding a lot of people are at home nowadays. I'm not talking unemployed or single parents, I mean professional people with expensive houses and a good standing of living.

Like @jack b I think they must be either working from home or earning enough to live comfortably on part time work.

I have noticed that certain customers are always home, no matter when I visit.  Makes me wonder if they ever leave ?

A lot of companies let you work from home these days.

My last paid job in the UK a lot of it was based from home, the occasional visit to the office or to deliver training session but that was about it..

You will see more of this with the sixties boom in babies nearing retirement. Everyone i know in the public sector are trying to get out even on a reduced pension. Its a bit of a mess when you don't even get inflation wage rises and the ones out on pension get inflation rises.

It's 50/50 for me most of the time. I go out at 6pm to collect off any I miss, and I am always surprised how many are still not home, and I have to leave an invoice. 

The typical 9 to 5 is all about gone. I think window cleaning is about the only job where you can still choose sensible hours. Weather permitting ?.

Question on Pointless last night....what percentage of the population still works 9 to 5...i plumped for the middle answer which I think was 27%...the answer was 6%.

J and S said:

Question on Pointless last night....what percentage of the population still works 9 to 5...i plumped for the middle answer which I think was 27%...the answer was 6%.

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Well most on here only work 30 hours a week tops. 

same, nothing worse than pulling up to a job with a car on the drive.

Go out and leave me in peace.

Just thought, a lot of people work nights. Plus early/late starts and shift work. Posties do 4 weeks on 1 week off.

Quite a few reasons why people might be at home really. I do love it when everybody is out though!

adamangler said:

same, nothing worse than pulling up to a job with a car on the drive.

Go out and leave me in peace.

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Haha, love it.

Part Timer said:

Well most on here only work 30 hours a week tops. 

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I work about 20 on the windows. But I 'work' weekends playing in a band so I'm not sure if that counts ?