So it's been a few months since operation 'let's live in the 21st century' began and as the leader of this team I can honestly say it's been issue free. Totally hassle free. The odd hiccup with kit and connections but in terms of employee engagement (very high thanks for asking) and behaviour (excellent) I have no headaches whatsoever.

Noone is taking the mick, people are perfroming better than ever because believe it or not they are gorwn ups who understand what they're here to do and by TRUSTING them I get more from them than I would if i second guessed their every move.

Frankly I neither know nor car where they are (in the nicest way possible) i care only that they are doing what i need them to do and doing it happily with a smile...not rocket science. They have total freedom to start early, start late, do whatever it takes. We spent time creating our own 'rules' that we all signed up to (no childcare dressed as working from home being one of them) everyone in for team meetings and one to ones, no more thsan 3 working from home on any day, core hours 10-4, shouldn't be habitually Monday/Friday......days out of office go on our recruitment admin calendar on outlook...you should ask your manager if it's OK and give some notice, and be prepared to be told it's a no.

Really it's just no drama at all.