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What an absolutely ridiculous strawman. Anyone can come up with lopsided scenarios to make one seem better than the other. Here's an example day at BigCorp: -
by drstewart 8y ago
What an absolutely ridiculous strawman. Anyone can come up with lopsided scenarios to make one seem better than the other.
Here's an example day at BigCorp:
- Rise at 9am because standup isn't until 10am
- 10 minute commute since you're paid well enough to live near the office
- Arrive at work at 10am
- 1 hour lunch break at 12pm
- Leave work early at 4pm to miss the gym rush
- Get home by 6pm, enjoy the rest of the day until midnight
Versus RemoteCorp:
- Rise at 6am, immediately start working since you're online
- Work through lunch and eat your desk because you don't have a separate space
- Don't clock off at 5pm because you're always on. Keep checkin in on emails until 10-11pm
- Don't go outside at all because you never changed out of your pajamas. Sunlight seen: 0. People talked to: 0.
I definitely know which I prefer.
- ryanSrich 8y agoI don't see the argument here. Strawman or not, the case I made is fairly common (ask around). The case you made is not.
- wholien 8y agomany of my friends have that schedule. It's kind of what you make it (and to an extent your team at BigCo). But definitely fairly common in my friends' cases.
- danans 8y agoYou can have an unhealthy work life balance in any job, whether on site or remote. Some of that is undoubtedly controlled by the job itself, but some is usually also controlled by you and the boundaries you choose to set for your job.