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> So much of work today that takes place in big cities can easily be done from home Not all that much - not everyone works in software, and not everyone who do
by psv1 7y ago
> So much of work today that takes place in big cities can easily be done from home
Not all that much - not everyone works in software, and not everyone who does will be most productive from home, and not every one of those will want to work from home.
My work can be done from home and my employer is quite flexible - I still gladly spend the time and pay for my commute because I'd rather not be at home all day.
- ghaff 7y agoI had a discussion with some people at a growing tech company looking to expand in one of their locations. I basically asked-/Cant more people just work from home? (Many already do.) they basically told me many of the younger employees would just up and quit if they couldn’t come into an office. Looking back on my earlier career I can sympathize.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoPerhaps let the portion work from home that wanted to.
- ghaff 7y agoThat was pretty much the concept for any jobs that allowed it. In fact, the company was apparently taking away desks from people who weren't using them enough. (They could still hotdesk.) But the demand for desks was greater than the supply--even with a lot of office crowding.
- vangelis 7y agoI'm partial to staying at home Monday and Friday. Sometimes you have meetings, sometimes you just want to come in and shoot the shit.
- rjbwork 7y agoWhy would younger folks up and quit if they couldn't come to an office? This doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
- Hextinium 7y agoIf I lived in a 1100 ft apartment and had to work out of it every day I would legitimately probably never leave my apartment for anything other than food. It would drive me mad, and I would probably quit to work somewhere else.
- watwut 7y agoPossibly they don't have calm or comfortable place for work at home. Possibly they would get lonely and demotivated over time. Possibly many people derive motivation from other people and would lack it absent personal contact - purely online classes have huge failure rates too.
- mywittyname 7y agoWhen I had a WFH job, I would go days without talking to anybody. I literally started conversing with the cat and singing because my throat muscles began to atrophy. Once I got back into an office, I realized that my social skills had gone to shit. There are some perks to WFH, but it can be bad for people who don't have a drive to seek human interaction with reasonable frequency.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoIf you're going to WFH, definitely get out and walk to lunch in the sunshine/fresh air. We're not meant to live in a cave 24/7.
- Balero 7y agoI live with two housemates. Some days they work from home, if I didn't have an office to work from, my house would become the office. Or more precisely my room as both my housemates work jobs that require lots of phone calls. I currently sleep and relax in the same room. I do not want to add working to the list of things I do there.
- itake 7y agoDuring my early days, I looked for jobs that let me maximize my learning. I preferred onsite jobs so I can have stronger professional relationships with my co-workers and have high bandwidth visual and oral communication when I needed help. Later in my career, now that I worked remotely, I am much more independent and don't have as much interest in synchronous communication with my co-workers.