There should be incentives for companies who allow their employees to work from home at least part of the week. (You'd think the savings on rent and utilities would be incentive enough but...)
When you block a person, they can no longer invite you to a private message or post to your profile wall. Replies and comments they make will be collapsed/hidden by default. Finally, you'll never receive email notifications about content they create or likes they designate for your content.
Note: if you proceed, you will no longer be following .