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Sometimes I wonder where everyone's driving to. They're driving physical cars, into a physical office, to work on digital information? Surely middle management

by smokeyj 10y ago

Sometimes I wonder where everyone's driving to. They're driving physical cars, into a physical office, to work on digital information? Surely middle management has a better way of keeping tabs on their minions. Cities should give companies tax incentives to keep employees at home. Just stay off the road. Live in a part of town where you can walk to get your groceries and snacks. Incentivize mixed use developments instead of suburbia hell. Having worked from home the past year I can't understand how people put up with cubicles. While I make more now, I'd be willing to take a big pay cut to keep my sanity.

vmarsy 10y ago
I think that even working on digital information, physical meetings can be useful[1], but I agree, a company could minimize those meetings and encourage working from home more often, however you claim that WFH equals to keeping your sanity. Don't you think social interaction important to maintain it? I feel that working from home is a lonely activity, and that on the other hand, being at the office and having lunch with co-workers or friends (even from completely different teams) contributes a lot in keeping one's sanity. Maybe a nice solution could be a hybrid: companies having mini corporate coffee-shops around town, where employees could go and work remotely, but still interact with other employees and cutting on commute time. That being said, having a multitude of small locations is probably much more expensive and difficult to manage than a big main campus. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13177611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13177611 - see "Functions of a meeting"
- smokeyj 10y ago
  Remote work allows me to rotate through several coffee shops and keep my environment fresh. I get to take a nice walk there and back, and pop into my favorite pastry shop on the way. Sometimes I workout during my lunch break. Or even take a little power nap if I so desire. I hate offices with an intense passion now. Not just offices, but office culture as well - where seniority is gained by being the first in the parking lot and last one out. I'm officially opting out of competing with these drones and focusing on my quality of living. I encourage other developers to do the same :)
briandear 10y ago
So much agreed.. except, I am not willing to take a pay cut for saving a company money on office space and on-premises liability insurance, utilities and 'free' coffee. Remote is a win win for everyone.
- smokeyj 10y ago
  Where I live many people commute at least an hour each way. For a 40 hour week, 10 hours of driving is normal. 40 hours in a month. Of prime daylight hours.. Spent in a car that requires upkeep. Which can only be causing harm to your spine. None of this makes sense to me.
maverick_iceman 10y ago
Ah, if only it were so easy. I'm much less productive when I'm working from home. I tend to waste a lot of time when I'm not at the office.
- douche 10y ago
  I'm so much more productive working from home, it's scary. I tend to have an inexcusable amount of my time wasted when I do have to go to the office.

by smokeyj 10y ago

vmarsy 10y ago

I think that even working on digital information, physical meetings can be useful[1], but I agree, a company could minimize those meetings and encourage working from home more often, however you claim that WFH equals to keeping your sanity. Don't you think social interaction important to maintain it? I feel that working from home is a lonely activity, and that on the other hand, being at the office and having lunch with co-workers or friends (even from completely different teams) contributes a lot in keeping one's sanity. Maybe a nice solution could be a hybrid: companies having mini corporate coffee-shops around town, where employees could go and work remotely, but still interact with other employees and cutting on commute time. That being said, having a multitude of small locations is probably much more expensive and difficult to manage than a big main campus. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13177611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13177611 - see "Functions of a meeting"

smokeyj 10y ago
Remote work allows me to rotate through several coffee shops and keep my environment fresh. I get to take a nice walk there and back, and pop into my favorite pastry shop on the way. Sometimes I workout during my lunch break. Or even take a little power nap if I so desire. I hate offices with an intense passion now. Not just offices, but office culture as well - where seniority is gained by being the first in the parking lot and last one out. I'm officially opting out of competing with these drones and focusing on my quality of living. I encourage other developers to do the same :)

briandear 10y ago

So much agreed.. except, I am not willing to take a pay cut for saving a company money on office space and on-premises liability insurance, utilities and 'free' coffee. Remote is a win win for everyone.

smokeyj 10y ago
Where I live many people commute at least an hour each way. For a 40 hour week, 10 hours of driving is normal. 40 hours in a month. Of prime daylight hours.. Spent in a car that requires upkeep. Which can only be causing harm to your spine. None of this makes sense to me.

maverick_iceman 10y ago

Ah, if only it were so easy. I'm much less productive when I'm working from home. I tend to waste a lot of time when I'm not at the office.

douche 10y ago
I'm so much more productive working from home, it's scary. I tend to have an inexcusable amount of my time wasted when I do have to go to the office.