If you want to WFH, maybe you should work for yourself. Jamila Robertson writes for CityAM.

I was delighted to make my debut for City AM on the controversial topic of Working From Home (WFH).

You can read the full article on City AM with a short extract below.

Want to WFH, perhaps it’s time to work for yourself?

The reason behind the WFH crisis? People want the lifestyle of an entrepreneur without the risks, writes Jamila Robertson

By Donald Trump’s orders, today is the day federal employees must return to the office or face termination. The President remarked that apart from being unproductive, the allowance for federal employees to work from home was unfair to the millions of people working hard from job sites. The battle lines have been drawn, this is about fairness. 

And it’s a battle taking place on our shores too. I was struck by the end of Panorama’s recent report on whether we should still be working from home, especially the remarks of Chris Goss, co-founder of Hospital Records: “All of a sudden, it seems like there’s a notion that everyone should be able to have their full-time, fully-paid up bonus-ridden job from the comfort of their kitchen. It’s simply my conviction that we, as a team, can do so much more when we’re together; and that’s my privilege, because I’m the boss and I’ve built this up.”

And he’s right. If you’re looking for complete flexibility in when and where you work, you should work for yourself. Yet, despite 25 per cent of UK adults wishing they could, only 15 per cent do. According to the ONS, in 2019, there were 5m self-employed people in the UK, the highest number since records began. In 2024 this dropped to under 4.4m. There are many reasons for this....

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