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Time is scarce. The blessing of WFH is that you start working with energy since you don't have to wake up 2 or 3 hours early (my case) and start investing your
by elforce002 4y ago
Time is scarce. The blessing of WFH is that you start working with energy since you don't have to wake up 2 or 3 hours early (my case) and start investing your time to prepare yourself for work (both physically and mentally).
This is why the "9-5" is a false narrative: the moment you wake up, you're thinking and preparing yourself to go to work. This means that if I commute, the pressure of being on time + the time you take to prepare yourself to go to work becomes part of your work. Same goes when you finish working (detach yourself from work, commuting, etc...).
WFH gave us the opportunity to login 1, 2,...5 minutes before work, and logout instantly and be at home or wherever you are, giving us our time back.
You can't put a price on that. We're talking 1, 2... good hours of sleep, workouts, etc... And peace of mind when you get out of work (zero commuting stress, more time to be with your family, etc...).
The "WFH is killing X thing..." Is straight evil. Simple as that. More free time, productivity goes up because we're rested, quality of life improves, and somehow this is killing whatever? ... The heck with that...(excuse my french).
I sincerely hope SWEs, Devs, don't fall for "back to office" narrative and relenquish this newly found benefit in an economy that's moving towards less benefits.
We could go out of a limb and arguably say this is one of the best unplanned benefits for workers since working rights.
- unity1001 4y ago> you don't have to wake up 2 or 3 hours early (my case) and start investing your time to prepare yourself for work (both physically and mentally). You forgot having to navigate traffic/subway and the people to get to work. And then settle down at your desk after the daily formalities. The former one causes a lot of cognitive tiredom.
- elforce002 4y agoOffice space all over, hehe.