Work From Home

State Street recommends all employees have 1-2 days work from home to improve life/work balance.

I started working from home 3 days/week about 6 months after I started

You can work from home a lot

three days per week after probationary period

Not very useable on many times due to heavy workload (due to the high turnover)--servers are can be very slow. Not realistic on heavy deadline schedule

great flex here, allows you to save money on commuting.

Depends on your manager - some are for it and some are against it - but it is available and generally supported company-wide

I was usually only worked from home on weekends when I was working 7 days a week. Most department don't provide WFH to everyone. Just mostly VPs and up.

I love being able to work from home. I don't have to waste time driving in to work or getting caught in traffic, or risk being in a car accident. I don't have to spend gas to get to work, or fight to find parking on the street. I can sleep in a little longer, work in my PJs, and I can control my environment - the amount of sound, the amount of light, the heat or AC, etc. It's great for when I'm not feeling well enough to go to work (especially if I have something contagious), but I'm still able to work. It's also a great option in bad weather, like icy or snowy roads. Unfortunately, the amount you are able to WFH varies by department and by manager. Despite statics and actual work practices, many managers fear that employees productivity will fall if they WFH. More often than not, I've noticed that the productivity of my managers falls when they WFH. For me, I am able to do 100% of my job from home just as well as if I was in the office. I work just as hard from home as I do in the office. The one down side for me in WFH is that I have a standing desk at work, and my desk/chair situation at home is not very comfortable. * Home computers, monitors, desks, chairs, etc are purchased by the employee with no reimbursement.