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I wouldn't want to work 100% remotely, mostly because of the loneliness they talk about. But I would probably take it over my current situation of working in an

I wouldn't want to work 100% remotely, mostly because of the loneliness they talk about. But I would probably take it over my current situation of working in an open office 100% of the time, because open offices are a special level of hell for anyone with attention issues or sensory sensitivities. Also, do people actually think "infinite vacation" is a perk? I like having a fixed number of vacation days that I can take without question or explanation.

mac01021 7y ago
> do people actually think "infinite vacation" is a perk? I like having a fixed number of vacation days that I can take without question or explanation. It really depends on your manager and what the fixed number is going to be. At my last job, I had "infinite" and my boss let me take six weeks over the course of a year. At my current job, my boss would love to let me take 6 weeks (or more), but the giant behemoth of a company sets the limit at 3 weeks (but I get another week if I stay in my job for 10 years).
bluntfang 7y ago
The loneliness is real. I've been combatting the loneliness a few ways. I think it's important that if you are working remote, you don't have 8 hours of "butt in seat" time. If the expectations are that you need a butt in a seat for 8 hour stretches, then you probably work for a company that has a bad remote work culture. 1. make lunch plans with friends and peers. 2. go to networking meetups 3. personal development unrelated to work. take a class. start a garden, build something at home. Go to the park. Take extra walks. go to the grocery store. Do things that are really annoying to do outside of normal work hours. I don't think I'm a cliche software dev. I don't like sitting in my cave all day. I don't play video games. I don't watch much TV. It's really important for me to get human interaction beyond the workplace. I find that as a possible introverted extrovert, working in an office sapped my social energies and I wasn't able to socialize outside of work. As a remote worker, all of my socialization is on my terms. I get to devote my energy into people that I desire to be around, while before my energy was getting drained by small track from folks, while nice people, were not people I wanted to spend my limited energy on.

mac01021 7y ago

> do people actually think "infinite vacation" is a perk? I like having a fixed number of vacation days that I can take without question or explanation. It really depends on your manager and what the fixed number is going to be. At my last job, I had "infinite" and my boss let me take six weeks over the course of a year. At my current job, my boss would love to let me take 6 weeks (or more), but the giant behemoth of a company sets the limit at 3 weeks (but I get another week if I stay in my job for 10 years).

bluntfang 7y ago

The loneliness is real. I've been combatting the loneliness a few ways. I think it's important that if you are working remote, you don't have 8 hours of "butt in seat" time. If the expectations are that you need a butt in a seat for 8 hour stretches, then you probably work for a company that has a bad remote work culture. 1. make lunch plans with friends and peers. 2. go to networking meetups 3. personal development unrelated to work. take a class. start a garden, build something at home. Go to the park. Take extra walks. go to the grocery store. Do things that are really annoying to do outside of normal work hours. I don't think I'm a cliche software dev. I don't like sitting in my cave all day. I don't play video games. I don't watch much TV. It's really important for me to get human interaction beyond the workplace. I find that as a possible introverted extrovert, working in an office sapped my social energies and I wasn't able to socialize outside of work. As a remote worker, all of my socialization is on my terms. I get to devote my energy into people that I desire to be around, while before my energy was getting drained by small track from folks, while nice people, were not people I wanted to spend my limited energy on.