A light-flooded loft, everything neatly tidied up - and in the middle of the room a happy-looking woman sits at a desk and works to herself. So it looks on many agency photos, which should illustrate the topic of home office in texts.
But does that correspond to reality? The kitchen smells of fresh tea, the telephone rarely rings, the baby cooperates and reports at best every three hours.
We asked SPIEGEL readers: Contact us and show us what your workplace looks like in your home office. Do you work voluntarily and gladly from home or forced? What advantages and disadvantages does the home office have?
We received a lot of e-mail with photos and descriptions telling you about your home office. Here is a selection of the most exciting, funniest and most beautiful snapshots:
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Readers in the home office: With slippers and cigarette in the living room