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For a programmer, remote work is the worst. Constant endless notifications from emails, slack messages and calendars. Excessive amounts of meetings to replace w
by tpmoney 2mo ago
For a programmer, remote work is the worst. Constant endless notifications from emails, slack messages and calendars. Excessive amounts of meetings to replace what used to be 5 minute chats at someone's desk. Expectations of instantaneous and always on availability since everyone works different hours now and since you're remote and have a VPN they know you can get online. Intrusion into your private space with forced cameras, microphones and mandatory spyware that's now running on a machine on your personal network. Wasted minutes in every meeting dealing with microphone failures or latency induced "I was- oh- sorry- no you go first".
All that to say, like everything in life, remote work is a trade off.
- NichoPaolucci 2mo agoIf I need heads down time during WFH, I literally turn on do not disturb mode and flip my teams to "busy". As in the office, I would put headphones on and find a quiet corner. Meetings depend on the company, my team gets a lot of information transferred quickly whether it's on a call, in person, or async over teams messages. Spyware - definitely sucks, I luckily have a pretty lax IT group (I'm part of them) but we're not super concerned unless something is malicious. I think to some, remote work is a trade off. To others, remote work is a gigantic benefit. I would take remote work over a 25% raise, for example. Others might not. To each their own, but for me - not putting miles on my. vehicles, getting 2+ hours of the day back, and being able to hit laundry / other chores over lunch is amazing for my work/life balance.