home offices

Residential work rooms

A home office is a workspace set up in one's residence for professional work or personal business: She converted the spare bedroom into a home office.

The term gained prominence as remote work became widespread.

Home office also refers to a company's headquarters or main administrative center, and in British usage, the Home Office is the government department responsible for immigration and domestic security.

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work location

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Firm's administrative workspace

company headquarters · office buildings · workplace · business parks · factory floors

organizational centrality

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Firm's primary administrative location

head offices · executive suites · regional headquarters · command centers · skyscrapers

spatial formality

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State administrative facilities

corner offices · boardrooms · conference centers

Family

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