> You never really hear about people who prefer on site over remote. Surely you used this phrasing because you wanted to be corrected :) I've worked both remo

> You never really hear about people who prefer on site over remote. Surely you used this phrasing because you wanted to be corrected :) I've worked both remotely and onsite and I prefer onsite. I enjoyed working remotely for the first two years. Grocery shopping mid-day on a Monday! Going for a run at 11 am! No commute! Cooking whatever I want for lunch! Awesome! Then it got old and wore down on me. I don't like working remotely anymore. I have worked on a team which was exceptionally well-suited for it: almost all communication happened on Slack, video conferencing was a strong part of the culture, managers didn't try to micromanage, etc. But after a while I felt pretty de-socialized and disengaged from the atmosphere of the company. My work output and productivity were fine, but I found myself really missing human interaction. I staved this off somewhat with meetups and by working in a public place, but it never really replaced what I enjoyed about being onsite at HQ. I have two (very obviously anecdotal) observations about working remotely. First, most of the people I knew who worked remotely did not adjust their lifestyle to take advantage of that time. They did not exercise any more than their onsite counterparts. They didn't really run any errands in the middle day. I generally observed that their work and play time wasn't really divorced; in some cases they didn't seem to have a work life balance, irrespective of the corporate culture. The time they saved by not having a commute was usually spent doing more work. Second, most of the time when I voice my concerns about long-term remote work and point out the problems I personally have with it - or the problems I've personally observed - I am told that this is not an issue intrinsic to working remotely. I think that's probably true but not really relevant, and frequently used as a dismissal of people who try to voice legitimate reasons for not working remotely. With sufficient social supplementation, investment in corporate culture and communication and self-discipline, I think just about anyone can do well as a remote employee. But it's also legitimate to say that you don't really want to make that investment (as a company) or want to do what's needed to avoid working too much and not seeing other people enough (as an individual). Remote work can work very well, but I do not think most people should work remotely.