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You pay a few hundred bucks a month to rent a wework desk so that you have an excuse to commute somewhere?

• qvrjuec 4y ago
  He explains why he does this in his post.... >But I miss the bustling office culture, going out to lunch with coworkers, forming friendships with people from the office who don't necessarily work in the same department/team. Not everyone is built the same way
  • ahelwer 4y ago
    No, they say they do it for the change of scenery and nobody else is there.
    • mypalmike 4y ago
      Some people find they benefit from physically separating home life from work life.
      • dopeboy 4y ago
        Bingo. Work and life are two separate spheres for me. Having physical separation of them is important. I realize not everyone is like that. I’m also not a parent which would probably tilt the equation for me.
• benjismith 4y ago
  No, I don't pay for it myself. My employer setup the WeWork and pays the monthly bill, on the premise that there would be a handful of people in our city (Portland, OR) who also want to work from an office. There have a been a handful of other people who used to come in occasionally, but now it's dwindled down to mostly just me. I also ride my bike ~10 miles each way (even in Portland winter!) because it's a great way for me to make sure I get daily exercise and breathe some fresh air. Without the commute, I get cabin-fever in the dreary Portland winter. I have a pretty robust social life with my wife and other non-work friends, but if I work from home every day, I start to get some major cabin fever... And I specifically miss the PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL LIFE that comes from having a close face-to-face relationship with my collaborators.