Not work from home, “work from home” (i.e. not in the office) somewhere fun.
I have no problem setting up at home and getting down to business. But sitting on a beach or in a park might not work out the same. Realistically, there are issues with lighting, ergonomics, having power, internet connectivity, etc.
I’m with you, but in my case it’s about comfort. Most places don’t have ergonomic seating, and I have a hard time focusing when I’m not comfortably seated
I didn’t fully understand the glory of working from home until I did it on a snow day.
Removing the commute was an obvious, expected benefit. But turning off the camera and doing laundry or cooking lunch while in one of my multiple daily conference calls was amazing. I just had the meeting in my headphones and chimed in when needed. And it annoys me that can’t be my regular routine.
I drive 3-4 hours a day in traffic to sit in a (very nice) office where 95% of my work is remote work using cloud-based software and attending Teams meetings.
But because once a week or so someone may walk into city hall and ask for me instead of sending an email or making a phone call I’m expected to be in the office. Which is doubly annoying since most of the time they get turned away because I’m already in a separate online meeting when they show up.
I do legitimately have to attend public meetings a few evenings a month. I’d be so happy to compromise and go into the office on days with public hearings or when I need to visit a site, but work remote the remaining 80-90% of the time. Hell - I’d even trade working an extra hour a day while remote to do it. It’ll still save me time versus driving.
I’m a strong believer in requiring all office/majority computer using roles to be at least hybrid if for no other reasons than to take cars off the road, but the societal benefits of mass remote work are immense.
I’ve worked remotely more than not since 2020 (and that’s with 5 job changes since 2020 somehow) and if I got to pick, I’d work a hybrid role where I go to the nice office and bullshit with my coworkers about all the little things that weren’t worth writing an email or Teams message about a few days a month, then go home and crank out the real work the rest of the time. And with kids, they clearly appreciate me being at home more than at the office even if I do have to shoe them away fairly frequently.
Isn’t that more of a personal issue?
I work from home everyday. I get my shit done and then I do whatever I want.
I would do exactly the same thing at the office except whatever I want is bullshit with people I don’t want to be around (coworkers).
Not work from home, “work from home” (i.e. not in the office) somewhere fun.
I have no problem setting up at home and getting down to business. But sitting on a beach or in a park might not work out the same. Realistically, there are issues with lighting, ergonomics, having power, internet connectivity, etc.
Oh no, don’t get me wrong, I work from home just fine.
If I’m working from a cafe, restaurant or bar, I’m spending the whole time there distracted
Which I guess is indeed a personal issue, so far play
I’m with you, but in my case it’s about comfort. Most places don’t have ergonomic seating, and I have a hard time focusing when I’m not comfortably seated
I didn’t fully understand the glory of working from home until I did it on a snow day.
Removing the commute was an obvious, expected benefit. But turning off the camera and doing laundry or cooking lunch while in one of my multiple daily conference calls was amazing. I just had the meeting in my headphones and chimed in when needed. And it annoys me that can’t be my regular routine.
I drive 3-4 hours a day in traffic to sit in a (very nice) office where 95% of my work is remote work using cloud-based software and attending Teams meetings.
But because once a week or so someone may walk into city hall and ask for me instead of sending an email or making a phone call I’m expected to be in the office. Which is doubly annoying since most of the time they get turned away because I’m already in a separate online meeting when they show up.
I do legitimately have to attend public meetings a few evenings a month. I’d be so happy to compromise and go into the office on days with public hearings or when I need to visit a site, but work remote the remaining 80-90% of the time. Hell - I’d even trade working an extra hour a day while remote to do it. It’ll still save me time versus driving.
I’m a strong believer in requiring all office/majority computer using roles to be at least hybrid if for no other reasons than to take cars off the road, but the societal benefits of mass remote work are immense.
I’ve worked remotely more than not since 2020 (and that’s with 5 job changes since 2020 somehow) and if I got to pick, I’d work a hybrid role where I go to the nice office and bullshit with my coworkers about all the little things that weren’t worth writing an email or Teams message about a few days a month, then go home and crank out the real work the rest of the time. And with kids, they clearly appreciate me being at home more than at the office even if I do have to shoe them away fairly frequently.