This is something I've been thinking a lot about lately. In the employer/employee relationship, I think the balance of power has tipped too far towards the emp

This is something I've been thinking a lot about lately. In the employer/employee relationship, I think the balance of power has tipped too far towards the employer. I'm supposed to show up at their office for eight hours a day, five days a week, fighting serious traffic both ways, which saps a lot of my energy. Leaving for any reason other than lunch is frowned on. I won't have any control over other people interrupting me and making noise. I'm left with no choice but to structure my entire life around the job. I'm more than willing to work hard, but that's too much to ask. By working at home, I can take a nap when I'm feeling unmotivated, take two hours off on a nice afternoon to walk my dog and then make up the hours later when the sun has gone down, be at home to meet the repair man, and so on. My quality of life goes up by a lot. This is so important to me that I'm willing to take a serious pay cut to get it. My experience is that working for a company that merely allows remote workers isn't enough. If the majority of the company works in a central office, you are at a constant disadvantage. It's not that your coworkers are conspiring against you, they just aren't going to include you in every hallway meeting that you might have otherwise participated in. So if you want to be a full-fledged team member in good standing, but still work remotely, you almost have to work for a company that is 100 percent remote. I am fortunate enough to have just such a job, right now, working on iOS apps. Boy, do I ever love it. I can only hope that it continues to work out for me, for a long time to come.