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1) Fully Remote, have been for two and a half years. 2) My office doesn't exist anymore, but I'm about 35 minutes away from where it was. Just the next city ov
by cableshaft 6y ago
1) Fully Remote, have been for two and a half years.
2) My office doesn't exist anymore, but I'm about 35 minutes away from where it was. Just the next city over but opposite corners. In previous jobs (that weren't remote) I've lived as far as 2 hours away in previous jobs (it was awful).
3) Not too bad. The benefits far outweigh the negatives for me. If we didn't have this pandemic I would have seen my local coworkers 2 or 3 times this year already (we did see each other in January).
4) Pros: No commute, able to step away from work, if stuck in a boring meeting I can work on other things during it, can cook lunch or do dishes for lunch, spend more time with the dogs.
4) Cons: Me sitting on a headset a bunch the past few years might be why I have developed a constant Tinnitus in my ears the past year. That's not great. And sometimes it's harder to be productive when I need to be.
5) Pandemic remote is not the same as regular remote. Regular remote is better. Before the pandemic I would spend my mornings before work having a coffee at Starbucks and writing, and I would often go pick up lunch and have a brief chat while there, to keep me feeling a bit social. Haven't done that since the pandemic.
6) I hope to never have to work full time in an office environment ever again. I'd be okay with 2-3 days in the office a week, maybe, but it just doesn't make sense to me to keep doing 5 days a week in the office.