Working from home – A2 English Listening Test

so how long have you worked from home about eight years now what about you only for a couple of months why did you decide to work from home was it when you had your son no i was already working from home when my son was born actually i started working from home as a freelance writer because i got an offer to write a geography book before that i was working as a teacher but it was really tiring the writing job wasn't well paid but it seemed interesting so i decided to quit teaching and do it

after that project i applied for other jobs and luckily the work kept coming what about you oh i started working from home because the company i work for was losing money they had to downsize a few of my colleagues lost their jobs the company moved to a smaller building i could only keep my job if i agreed to work from home so i did do you enjoy it not really i miss chatting to people joking around or deciding at the last minute to go for a drink or dinner after work just chatting to colleagues we

found things we had in common i started playing badminton with one girl and played cards in the evenings with some others but they've all lost their jobs and moved away now new people have started work at the company but i don't get to know them like i did in the past yes i can see that's a problem is it the same for you not really as a teacher i was always too tired or too busy to socialize much with colleagues now i'm busy but not as tired that means i have enough energy to spend time

with people of course i spend time with my family but i'm also going to an art class at the moment and i've met a couple of great ladies there and we often meet up for drinks and chat maybe you should do something like that too maybe i should