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I've consistently thought this. As I'm working on the outskirts of Atlanta, with some of the worst traffic in the country, I wonder why a job would require I co

I've consistently thought this. As I'm working on the outskirts of Atlanta, with some of the worst traffic in the country, I wonder why a job would require I come to an office downtown or close. When I can do all of the same work from my home, with one of the pilot gigabit internet rollouts by U-Verse. I have better internet than my current employer, likely all of their locations combined. Why pay office costs for at least my IT division much less the rest of the company that can also by and large do the bulk of the work from their home. I fortunately work from home on Fridays but even a few more days a week of not driving would reduce stress levels considerably. I'm driving to an office away from Atlanta so the commute isn't nearly as bad as it could be but driving has just become insane, period. I know it's all #firstworldproblems but I feel like even local-ish remote workers can be a solution. I understand remote workers from another coutries probably gets dicey tax-wise but it would it cost more than in the most prominant parts of the country?

theparanoid 10y ago
>>I wonder why a job would require I come to an office downtown or close. When I can do all of the same work from my home Power. Their power over you. I switched from an employee-employer relationship because of this.
lifeisstillgood 10y ago
Probably not helpful at all, but my commute is widely improved at the moment because I use a coach service - bus / coach collects thirty people and drives them into town. Strongly recommend it for anyone stuck driving. No idea if such things exist in your location. Not the point I was making at all but a good idea after all.
- w0rd-driven 10y ago
  I haven't thought of that but it seems like a great idea. Basically like a shuttle service? Here we have MARTA, buses and trains, but both add outrageous commute times. There is a benefit to someone else doing the driving so you can focus on either getting things done or just browsing the internet but that wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't a usual requirement that I be somewhere by a certain time. When I work from home and say I run into a logical wall, I can stop aimlessly looking at the screen and go feed the cats for instance while still mentally churning through the problem. When feeding the cats is part of my things-to-do-before-leaving-the-house routine, I purposefully push work thoughts out of my brain because I'm in no way compensated for that time.

theparanoid 10y ago

>>I wonder why a job would require I come to an office downtown or close. When I can do all of the same work from my home Power. Their power over you. I switched from an employee-employer relationship because of this.

lifeisstillgood 10y ago

Probably not helpful at all, but my commute is widely improved at the moment because I use a coach service - bus / coach collects thirty people and drives them into town. Strongly recommend it for anyone stuck driving. No idea if such things exist in your location. Not the point I was making at all but a good idea after all.

w0rd-driven 10y ago
I haven't thought of that but it seems like a great idea. Basically like a shuttle service? Here we have MARTA, buses and trains, but both add outrageous commute times. There is a benefit to someone else doing the driving so you can focus on either getting things done or just browsing the internet but that wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't a usual requirement that I be somewhere by a certain time. When I work from home and say I run into a logical wall, I can stop aimlessly looking at the screen and go feed the cats for instance while still mentally churning through the problem. When feeding the cats is part of my things-to-do-before-leaving-the-house routine, I purposefully push work thoughts out of my brain because I'm in no way compensated for that time.