From the article: > To me, the ideal workplace is one that lets me enjoy my own life… not one that tries to merge with it. I don't think I can overstate how p

From the article: > To me, the ideal workplace is one that lets me enjoy my own life… not one that tries to merge with it. I don't think I can overstate how profound this is. I've worked for a couple of companies that tried to sell themselves with "You'll be part of a family", or "We do all sorts of department events". It always means the same thing: "We want you to stay in the office as long as humanly possible and we'll treat you strange if you want to work from home instead of commute 1.5 hours to the office every day." Unfortunately, the "family" mindset seems to be growing more popular in many sections of the software industry. If a job doesn't require physical presence in order to completed to a high degree of quality, remote work should not be treated as a privilege. What's strange to me is that in most tech companies, having employees work remote could drive expenses WAY down considering that the company would not have to rent/lease/buy any office space, desks, coffee machines, etc. It also means that they will not need to pay an office manager or janitorial staff.