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You spend 8 hours a day working. Why would you want to be isolated from other people? As a kid you go to school you are around people. Working from home seems l

You spend 8 hours a day working. Why would you want to be isolated from other people? As a kid you go to school you are around people. Working from home seems like you are kind of isolated from people. Its not the same as over skype or slack.

rubicon33 10y ago
This in my experience is the biggest problem with WFH. It's great for X months, or years, but everyone needs human interaction whether they realize it or not. If you're a highly social person, "X" will probably be months before you start to get cabin fever and feel extremely isolated. If you're more introverted, "X" may be as long as years. I believe though, it will catch up with everyone eventually.
douche 10y ago
Well, the obvious reason would be if you don't really like having to interact with people. It's exhausting for some of us. The greatest work week of my life, everybody else in the company was in Florida for a trade show. There was also a series of blizzards that dumped about four feet of snow over the course of the week - and virtually the entire northeast was shut down. I have never in my life gotten so much done in a week, and I don't think I spoke two words to another human being that week. It was glorious. Wish it was always like that.
ilaksh 10y ago
You aren't isolated. You just interact online. Its not the same, but its also not isolation.
dasmoth 10y ago
You spend 8 hours a day working. Why would you want to be isolated from other people? Some people (myself very definitely included) need some regular isolation. Talking to people all day at work leaves me very poorly prepared to deal with my family when I get home. The idea that I can lock myself away and do productive stuff is awesome (although in practise, a lot of remote work isn't actually that isolating). As a kid you go to school you are around people School is the last place on earth I'd want to model my working environment on (although the open office advocates seem to be trying).
aphexbr 10y ago
"You spend 8 hours a day working. Why would you want to be isolated from other people?" So that you can get the work done and not have to think about it when you go socialising with people you actually choose to spend time with? "As a kid you go to school you are around people." ....and for a lot of people that was the most frustrating, difficult time of their lives that they wish to avoid reliving. Personally, I can't stand office politics, find smalltalk very distracting when it's happening around me and would much rather avoid the 1 hour commute each way. I can't work from home in my current position, sadly, but I'd jump at the chance to do so. If I found myself feeling isolated from people, it would be much preferable to go somewhere with my laptop for lunch rather than fighting over the microwaves in the office kitchen every day.

rubicon33 10y ago

This in my experience is the biggest problem with WFH. It's great for X months, or years, but everyone needs human interaction whether they realize it or not. If you're a highly social person, "X" will probably be months before you start to get cabin fever and feel extremely isolated. If you're more introverted, "X" may be as long as years. I believe though, it will catch up with everyone eventually.

douche 10y ago

Well, the obvious reason would be if you don't really like having to interact with people. It's exhausting for some of us. The greatest work week of my life, everybody else in the company was in Florida for a trade show. There was also a series of blizzards that dumped about four feet of snow over the course of the week - and virtually the entire northeast was shut down. I have never in my life gotten so much done in a week, and I don't think I spoke two words to another human being that week. It was glorious. Wish it was always like that.

ilaksh 10y ago

You aren't isolated. You just interact online. Its not the same, but its also not isolation.

dasmoth 10y ago

You spend 8 hours a day working. Why would you want to be isolated from other people? Some people (myself very definitely included) need some regular isolation. Talking to people all day at work leaves me very poorly prepared to deal with my family when I get home. The idea that I can lock myself away and do productive stuff is awesome (although in practise, a lot of remote work isn't actually that isolating). As a kid you go to school you are around people School is the last place on earth I'd want to model my working environment on (although the open office advocates seem to be trying).

aphexbr 10y ago

"You spend 8 hours a day working. Why would you want to be isolated from other people?" So that you can get the work done and not have to think about it when you go socialising with people you actually choose to spend time with? "As a kid you go to school you are around people." ....and for a lot of people that was the most frustrating, difficult time of their lives that they wish to avoid reliving. Personally, I can't stand office politics, find smalltalk very distracting when it's happening around me and would much rather avoid the 1 hour commute each way. I can't work from home in my current position, sadly, but I'd jump at the chance to do so. If I found myself feeling isolated from people, it would be much preferable to go somewhere with my laptop for lunch rather than fighting over the microwaves in the office kitchen every day.