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As a dad to a young family (2 kids under 3.5 and another due in two months) working remote (in our case all four of us that started our current company live in

As a dad to a young family (2 kids under 3.5 and another due in two months) working remote (in our case all four of us that started our current company live in different cities) has been awesome. I just hit a year last week, I did it for two year about seven years ago as well (but I travelled 50%). The key for me has been that I actually have a Regus office I go to, not just a space in the house- mostly because my kids are too young to get that dad's working. My office is a 10 minute bike ride or 3 by car so I come home for lunch, take the kids to mid-day mid-week swim lessons, and basically have no problems with making appointments anymore. I run home frequently if the wife has an appointment, or sometimes just to clear my head and hang out. I never bring my laptop home and I'm home before its dark now. Usually by 16:30, if I need to have a long day I'm in the office by 04:30 or 05:00. I go to bed a little early the night before and I add the hours to the beginning of my day and make sure I get home before dinner. Most mornings I get to see the boys, help get them ready, make breakfast and hang out for a bit before I'm in the office. I also get to the gym at least 4 days a week and have lost 30 pounds in the last year while probably ACTUALLY working more hours per week. I don't think I could ever go back to working like how I used to. I would leave the house at 05:30 to commute downtown. Get to the office by 6:15ish, and no matter what I did I couldn't seem to get out of the office before 17:00- meaning I got home between 18:00 and 19:00 depending on awful Seattle traffic. I loved the people I worked with at my last company and I do miss seeing them every day, we still get lunches occasionally (I have to go to them, naturally) but I could never go back to a 'normal' office routine.

karmelapple 11y ago
+1 to Regus for being a digital nomad or traveling. They are available worldwide, with typically many locations in major metropolitan areas. The Internet is reliably good. Even small things like internationally-compatible AC wall plugs are a nice touch. I can't say what it's like to rent a real office there, but for a backup for hotel Internet or just a place to get a change of scenery while away from home, they're great. I have the business world gold card, and it's not too expensive, especially compared to a coworking space located in just one city. Coworking spaces local to a city are nice, but can vary wildly in cost, and sometimes require convincing the team to let you work there on short notice (walk-ins aren't particularly welcome, unless you carefully explain you have experience at coworking places). One other nice thing about the Regus locations I've been to in big cities: there's usually some really nice views out their windows. This has been true in Boston, Auckland, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Tokyo - it's surprisingly inspiring! Edit: and gosh do I realize this reads like I'm a shill for them. I'm not. It just seems like $60 per month - the cost of Internet in the USA - to get an office in any major city in the world is a good deal. But that's because I'm traveling a lot right now, too, so YMMV.
- manyxcxi 11y ago
  My first experience with them was in London about 8 or 9 years ago. That employer was starting up a London office and wanted a nice Trafalgar Square address. It made it incredibly easy to get 7 or 8 people together and have conference rooms, etc. and it was also a lot cheaper than immediately building out an office space. My current setup is just south of downtown Seattle. At first $850/mo for about 120 square feet with a window seems expensive until you look into the other options. Building out a space for 1 person is crazy, a 'less nice' space isn't good for having visitors and all require you to obtain your own telco and Internet. None of the other places had shared spaces and bookable conference rooms. Lastly, having the receptionists is REALLY helpful, at minimum if you have packages you don't want sitting on your doorstep. There's also something to be said about walking in to an office every day that's just _nice_. Even older spaces that haven't been renovated yet are still classy (and not in a Donald Trump way) and nice. The brand new ones like mine are significantly better than a lot of corporate HQs I've been to. I'm moving to Portland in a few months and the first thing I did was pull up the Regus office map and start calling- my experience has been fantastic.

karmelapple 11y ago

+1 to Regus for being a digital nomad or traveling. They are available worldwide, with typically many locations in major metropolitan areas. The Internet is reliably good. Even small things like internationally-compatible AC wall plugs are a nice touch. I can't say what it's like to rent a real office there, but for a backup for hotel Internet or just a place to get a change of scenery while away from home, they're great. I have the business world gold card, and it's not too expensive, especially compared to a coworking space located in just one city. Coworking spaces local to a city are nice, but can vary wildly in cost, and sometimes require convincing the team to let you work there on short notice (walk-ins aren't particularly welcome, unless you carefully explain you have experience at coworking places). One other nice thing about the Regus locations I've been to in big cities: there's usually some really nice views out their windows. This has been true in Boston, Auckland, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Tokyo - it's surprisingly inspiring! Edit: and gosh do I realize this reads like I'm a shill for them. I'm not. It just seems like $60 per month - the cost of Internet in the USA - to get an office in any major city in the world is a good deal. But that's because I'm traveling a lot right now, too, so YMMV.

manyxcxi 11y ago
My first experience with them was in London about 8 or 9 years ago. That employer was starting up a London office and wanted a nice Trafalgar Square address. It made it incredibly easy to get 7 or 8 people together and have conference rooms, etc. and it was also a lot cheaper than immediately building out an office space. My current setup is just south of downtown Seattle. At first $850/mo for about 120 square feet with a window seems expensive until you look into the other options. Building out a space for 1 person is crazy, a 'less nice' space isn't good for having visitors and all require you to obtain your own telco and Internet. None of the other places had shared spaces and bookable conference rooms. Lastly, having the receptionists is REALLY helpful, at minimum if you have packages you don't want sitting on your doorstep. There's also something to be said about walking in to an office every day that's just _nice_. Even older spaces that haven't been renovated yet are still classy (and not in a Donald Trump way) and nice. The brand new ones like mine are significantly better than a lot of corporate HQs I've been to. I'm moving to Portland in a few months and the first thing I did was pull up the Regus office map and start calling- my experience has been fantastic.