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I guess it just depends a lot on the individual. I left my last job in large part because they were adamantly against remote work. My current job is much more
by rebeccaskinner 10y ago
I guess it just depends a lot on the individual. I left my last job in large part because they were adamantly against remote work. My current job is much more flexible with Monday/Friday being in-office days (and even that is fairly flexible) and the middle of the week really being just a matter of preference. I usually work from home 1-2 days per week and I don't feel like it's a negative impact on my productivity at all- if anything I think I get a lot more done at home on the right days (decision making and mentoring seem to work better in a shared physical space with a whiteboard, but when I'm just trying to get in a feature or go through a backlog of code review requests I can get a lot more done at home).
All of that aside though, the main argument I've made in favor of remote work in the past has been that for many people and teams (in software development, I can't speak outside of my field) even if remote work does cost some productivity it's worthwhile because it vastly increases quality of life.
- cmdrfred 10y agoHere's my argument for remote work. If working in an office is vastly more productive than working from home, as soon as remote work is relatively commonplace in our industry we should see jobs where you have to come into the office paying a premium of at least 25%. The time wasted in traffic in the morning, plus owning a car and maintenance of said car are not free and if a company wishes for that they shall pay for it.
- ryandrake 10y agoHere's my argument against: If your job can be done from home, it can be done from India or the Philippines. Be careful what you wish for.