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It completely depends on your home situation. If you have a quiet home office with fast broadband then why not work from home. If however you and your partner
by mnd999 6y ago
It completely depends on your home situation. If you have a quiet home office with fast broadband then why not work from home.
If however you and your partner are squeezed round a small table in a studio flat with no air con fighting over crappy WiFi the office makes a lot of sense.
The author finally comes to this point at the end of the article. It’s not all back to the office or the death of the office, it’s somewhere in between. Unfortunately that’s not a good headline.
- Nursie 6y agoMy question to those stuck two to a studio - are you doing that in a large, expensive city? Would you not be happier able to be completely unchained from an office location, and able to choose to live anywhere? Then you could likely have a bigger place too.
- jeltz 6y agoNo. I love living in the city. I like the restaurants, shops, bars, etc. I also like having people around, especially during the summers.
- Nursie 6y agoThat's fair enough, but the choice then is on you.
- cinquemb 6y agoThe thing is, you can get all of what they say they want in any large city in the world much cheaper than large cities in the US if one does their research… my 3br apartment with a home office in Jakarta is still cheaper than the 1B in in any city in US, or in my personal experience, compared to the 3br apt I split with two other grown men in Boston 5 years ago when I first started working remotely (and way nicer and more amenities too). And now, way more companies open to hiring remote workers!
- sjy 6y agoYes, but I’m not about to give up my lease and start shopping around for rural real estate during the pandemic. Most of the upside of living in the city is gone for now, but I expect those advantages to come back next year.