That's the same these days for most people working white collar jobs in the private sector too. Yes this case shows that, but I disagree it reflects more generally on working from home. I work from home most of the time and often I'm still on my laptop late into the evening, I forget to stop for lunch, etc. Yes there are benefits too. I don't have to waste 2 and a half hours and all that fuel getting to and from the office and I can put my washing on during the day. On the other side, in my job I sometimes have to go into the factory in the middle of the night or go to another factory in N Yorks and Scotland. I don't have time for extra jobs and if I'm not doing my job properly it would be picked up very quickly. I think there's a lot about the wider "working from home culture" that you don't understand. Your mind would indeed boggle.

Was a civil servant and while I agree that my salary was "very far from crap", my working hours, particularly in the three 'pre budget' months, were certainly far from "cushy". There is also no overtime for senior civil servants, you work for as long as it takes to do the job.