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Remote work is convenient for the not-so-odd case of having young children at home.

xkqd 4y ago
In these circles and at this hour of the night on a Saturday? Families are inconceivable and children are best not contracted. Edit: It’s either Saturday or Sunday at this point. It’s a weekend. None of us should be here. I’m not going to be pedantic.
- gabereiser 4y ago
  time is relative. It may be saturday for you but not for everyone.
- CydeWeys 4y ago
  Why shouldn't we be here??
toomuchtodo 4y ago
No coworker or company culture is worth losing having lunch with my partner and seeing them throughout the day working from home. All of that is transient, as roles come and go. For me (n=1! ymmv!), it would be kind of silly to have a partner and not see them except from when you wake until you depart for your job and when you arrive home until bedtime, five days a week. Work is where the paycheck is, home is where the people I want to spend time with are. I empathize with folks who get their social life/interactions from their workplace, but I do not. There’s enough org variety we can self select into the best orgs for how we want to live our lives. (remote for ~10 years, married 15, together 20) Edit: I acknowledge some relationships require time apart. n=1!
- stemlord 4y ago
  I absolutely need the time away from my partner
- re-thc 4y ago
  > Edit: I acknowledge some relationships require time apart. n=1! This is about the freedom to do so. Nothing stops you from going to a cafe or somewhere else. It's remote work. It's about freedom not 1 or the other.
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    I vigorously agree. The anecdote is provided because, so often, people make an argument that much isn’t lost by being forced into an office. And that simply isn’t true.
RestlessMind 4y ago
Having young children at home and having to take care of them, you won't be able to work at all. I know that because I have a few of my own.

xkqd 4y ago

In these circles and at this hour of the night on a Saturday? Families are inconceivable and children are best not contracted. Edit: It’s either Saturday or Sunday at this point. It’s a weekend. None of us should be here. I’m not going to be pedantic.

gabereiser 4y ago
time is relative. It may be saturday for you but not for everyone.
CydeWeys 4y ago
Why shouldn't we be here??

toomuchtodo 4y ago

No coworker or company culture is worth losing having lunch with my partner and seeing them throughout the day working from home. All of that is transient, as roles come and go. For me (n=1! ymmv!), it would be kind of silly to have a partner and not see them except from when you wake until you depart for your job and when you arrive home until bedtime, five days a week. Work is where the paycheck is, home is where the people I want to spend time with are. I empathize with folks who get their social life/interactions from their workplace, but I do not. There’s enough org variety we can self select into the best orgs for how we want to live our lives. (remote for ~10 years, married 15, together 20) Edit: I acknowledge some relationships require time apart. n=1!

stemlord 4y ago
I absolutely need the time away from my partner
re-thc 4y ago
> Edit: I acknowledge some relationships require time apart. n=1! This is about the freedom to do so. Nothing stops you from going to a cafe or somewhere else. It's remote work. It's about freedom not 1 or the other.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  I vigorously agree. The anecdote is provided because, so often, people make an argument that much isn’t lost by being forced into an office. And that simply isn’t true.

RestlessMind 4y ago

Having young children at home and having to take care of them, you won't be able to work at all. I know that because I have a few of my own.