Office workers have long suspected that colleagues who said they were "working for home" were in fact sitting on their sofas, drinking tea and watching Countdown.

And now, it would appear, their suspicions have been proved correct.
A survey has discovered that many of those that work from home do so in their pyjamas, or even from the bathroom, pub or local café.
Working from bed is not, however, necessarily the refuge of shirkers. It has a long illustrious history, stretching back to Tudor times when state business was often conducted from the royal bedchamber. Winston Churchill frequently never changed until lunchtime during the World War II, with him summoning secretaries and colleagues, while he worked on papers in bed wreathed in a gaudy dressing gown, surrounded by his cats. Marcel Proust, too, wrote most of his best works from his bed.
The survey, undertaken by Nectar Business adults found that 8 per cent of women never manage to get changed at all during the day, while 27 per cent have held a business call while they were in the bath. Four out of ten admit that they use "working from home" to catch up with household chores, while 39 per cent of people have taken a business call whilst out with friends at a bar, pub or café.

WTF does it matter how they're dressed as long as they get the work done?

When working from home, I often do so in my PJs and I tend to take a lot more breaks. However, I still get more work done than I would with all the distractions of the office.

Any confessions?

I don't wear pyjamas...

I don't wear pyjamas...

+1

WTF does it matter how they're dressed as long as they get the work done?

Furthermore I don't think this can be true because my reading of the right-wing press has convinced me that the work-shy are confined to the public sector. [/sarcasm]

With the increased use of Video calls (Skype etc) will soon have to do the newsreaders trick - a shirt and tie and nothing else

Personally, getting out of bed, getting washed and changed helps me focus. Lounging in bed all day would mean I'd never get any work done. Even at the weekend, I will be up at 7am if not 6am and will be ready for the day.