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Agreed. I've been working remotely for 2 years now and don't think I could go back to an office. The open office floor plans are just horrendous for actually

Agreed. I've been working remotely for 2 years now and don't think I could go back to an office. The open office floor plans are just horrendous for actually getting any work done. The article doesn't talk about the high cost of commuting but this is the biggest factor for me. Having that extra two hours per day, and not being exhausted when I get home, has really expanded the amount of living (social, fitness, hobbies) I've been able to do and has expanded my life more than anything else. Not to mention the cost savings. It's a lot more difficult to find remote jobs than traditional office jobs, especially ones that pay well. But the extra effort in the job search more than pays off.

el_benhameen 10y ago
How do you generally look for and find jobs?
- iguanayou 10y ago
  My first remote job started as an on-site office job, and I was able to convince my boss over time to eventually go 100% remote. My current contract is with a local company that happens to support remote work. I found this job through a recruiter. But like I said, it was a rare find. The recruiters I work with know that I'm looking for remote-only, but those positions are few and far between. My contract is ending soon so I'll be looking at the online job boards in addition to working with recruiters; it remains to be seen how much success I'll have with that.
  - pjmlp 10y ago
    > The recruiters I work with know that I'm looking for remote-only, but those positions are few and far between. The biggest problem is that many companies that refuse remote work, don't have any issues outsourcing big piles of it to the other side of the planet.
    - wott 10y ago
      Or having several offices across the country and departments/teams split between theses offices, resulting in having just 1 or 2 department/team members in a few of the offices. The only difference with home office and the only thing that matters to them is that there is a warder (they call him a manager).
maxxxxx 10y ago
Your point about being exhausted is true. I used to work remotely. During that time I did a lot of extracurricular stuff and was very active. Now I commute 80 minutes a day and have to sit in a huge cube farm. When I come home I am totally exhausted and can't do anything else. In addition the quality of work suffers. I simply can't focus with people talking around me the whole day.

el_benhameen 10y ago

How do you generally look for and find jobs?

iguanayou 10y ago
My first remote job started as an on-site office job, and I was able to convince my boss over time to eventually go 100% remote. My current contract is with a local company that happens to support remote work. I found this job through a recruiter. But like I said, it was a rare find. The recruiters I work with know that I'm looking for remote-only, but those positions are few and far between. My contract is ending soon so I'll be looking at the online job boards in addition to working with recruiters; it remains to be seen how much success I'll have with that.
- pjmlp 10y ago
  > The recruiters I work with know that I'm looking for remote-only, but those positions are few and far between. The biggest problem is that many companies that refuse remote work, don't have any issues outsourcing big piles of it to the other side of the planet.
  - wott 10y ago
    Or having several offices across the country and departments/teams split between theses offices, resulting in having just 1 or 2 department/team members in a few of the offices. The only difference with home office and the only thing that matters to them is that there is a warder (they call him a manager).

maxxxxx 10y ago

Your point about being exhausted is true. I used to work remotely. During that time I did a lot of extracurricular stuff and was very active. Now I commute 80 minutes a day and have to sit in a huge cube farm. When I come home I am totally exhausted and can't do anything else. In addition the quality of work suffers. I simply can't focus with people talking around me the whole day.