I guess to counter Satan's views... - no routine that gets you going Well, you still shower in the morning, right? And eat breakfast? With the commute time el

I guess to counter Satan's views... - no routine that gets you going Well, you still shower in the morning, right? And eat breakfast? With the commute time eliminated, you could add the gym to the morning routine, if there's one you can walk to in a few minutes, or failing that, some bodyweight exercise or yoga videos. The only time I'd see this as a downside would be if you bike to work, but you could just go bike for that amount of time if you want, just ending up at home. - less time with your friends and colleagues Seems like this should be "more time with your friends, less time with your colleagues"? Unless your friends happen to live near where you work and you can meet up easier afterwards. Very situational. - less team lunches/nice dinners I guess on the lunches, but you shouldn't be having dinner with your colleagues anyways, since you shouldn't be at work at dinner time. Also, working remotely allows you to make more nice dinners, because you can take 5 minutes to do some minor prep that requires the ingredients to rest afterwards - allow dough to rise, marinate things, etc. If the company is spending money on nice dinners, I would prefer to receive the cost as additional salary - that applies to beer fridges and ping-pong tables as well, is this a frat house or a serious engineering company? - getting dressed can help you mentally make the switch to start your workday and can translate into higher productivity Well, you can still do that if you want to. I usually dress better on weekends because the office is kept at what seems to be 80°, so it's impossible to wear my sport jackets or sweaters in the winter <_< - you have to spent money for office equipment Much less than the commuting costs anyways, assuming you already have the computer and you're just using a little paper for sketching. They probably provide a computer anyways, so you're just looking at paper and pens? - you have more sick days, since kids are bags of disease Well, that only applies to people with children. - no eureka moments after water cooler chats I find it much more likely that someone else's chat will destroy my flow, although that problem is fixed by providing private offices with doors that close. However, I work on a team where I am solely responsible for my piece of software, so YMMV in larger teams with more direct code collaboration. (I used to work remotely. I don't anymore. When I leave this job, that will hopefully flip back!)