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I prefer in office but I don’t see how that’s possible with a family. How would you afford a large enough house in a city center? And otherwise how do you just

I prefer in office but I don’t see how that’s possible with a family. How would you afford a large enough house in a city center? And otherwise how do you justify two hours of your day to commuting? It just seems like an extreme quality of life hit to be able to work in an office. Am I missing something?

dharmab 3y ago
A few people I worked with commuted by train and used most of their commute time to work.
philipwhiuk 3y ago
The answer is you pick one of them. London's entire population distribution for years has been built upon people moving out when they got kids.
acuozzo 3y ago
> I prefer in office but I don’t see how that’s possible with a family. I don't see how WFH is possible with a family. My children (9, 6, and 4) spend nearly the whole day trying to guilt me into playing with them when I telework. > How would you afford a large enough house in a city center? Work in an industry which exists largely outside of the cities. Defense, for instance. > And otherwise how do you justify two hours of your day to commuting? 1 hour in total for me: 30 minutes there and back. Columbia, MD <-> College Park, MD
- esafak 3y ago
  > My children (9, 6, and 4) spend nearly the whole day... Are they home schooled? Most schools are contemporaneous with working hours to prevent this very problem.
  - acuozzo 3y ago
    They're not, but it's the summer right now, so they're home.
    - verve_rat 3y ago
      And if you were working in an office who would be looking after them?
      - acuozzo 3y ago
        I do work in an office. My wife is a stay-at-home mom. The contract I'm working on at the moment has optional telework which is where my experience with WFH comes from. With that being said, there's no effective way to communicate to a four year old that "Daddy is home, but you have to restrict communication with him to only when it's absolutely necessary". I also find that WFH is made even more challenging if your home has many pending repairs. The temptation to just take a minute to make some progress on e.g., a drywall patch, is hard to overcome when it's right there in front of you.

dharmab 3y ago

A few people I worked with commuted by train and used most of their commute time to work.

philipwhiuk 3y ago

The answer is you pick one of them. London's entire population distribution for years has been built upon people moving out when they got kids.

acuozzo 3y ago

> I prefer in office but I don’t see how that’s possible with a family. I don't see how WFH is possible with a family. My children (9, 6, and 4) spend nearly the whole day trying to guilt me into playing with them when I telework. > How would you afford a large enough house in a city center? Work in an industry which exists largely outside of the cities. Defense, for instance. > And otherwise how do you justify two hours of your day to commuting? 1 hour in total for me: 30 minutes there and back. Columbia, MD <-> College Park, MD

esafak 3y ago
> My children (9, 6, and 4) spend nearly the whole day... Are they home schooled? Most schools are contemporaneous with working hours to prevent this very problem.
- acuozzo 3y ago
  They're not, but it's the summer right now, so they're home.
  - verve_rat 3y ago
    And if you were working in an office who would be looking after them?
    - acuozzo 3y ago
      I do work in an office. My wife is a stay-at-home mom. The contract I'm working on at the moment has optional telework which is where my experience with WFH comes from. With that being said, there's no effective way to communicate to a four year old that "Daddy is home, but you have to restrict communication with him to only when it's absolutely necessary". I also find that WFH is made even more challenging if your home has many pending repairs. The temptation to just take a minute to make some progress on e.g., a drywall patch, is hard to overcome when it's right there in front of you.