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5 Things You’ll Miss by Not Working In An Office
- dlytle 18y agoI moved out of state, away from my employer, so I work from home all the time now. I'm working on saving up enough for a mortgage down payment and moving back to the area, and one of the number one things I'm looking forward to is being able to work from the office a few days a week. It helps that I love my employer and my co-workers, but there's just something missing for me working from home, only connected to the workplace through a remote desktop and an IP phone.
- tierack 18y agoOne of the things I missed most (and will miss again in a couple of months) are the inside jokes. I guess that falls under watercooler chit-chat, though it's harder to stay in the loop with that. Come July, I'll bid a fond farewell to balloon god, uncle credit card, baby thumb, spin city, etc. These are the kinds of things that come about from constant, hours-long-at-a-time interactions, not running into someone by the watercooler.
- pavel_lishin 18y agoWhen I’m in the office, I sit near the break room, which makes it very easy to corner people I need to speak to about projects — they’re bound to make a coffee or eat lunch in there at some point. Thanks, dude. Because when I'm sitting there with my lunch and a book, that's my secret signal for "COME BOTHER ME ABOUT WORK."
- chops 18y agoI find I miss the social interaction altogether. I don't have any co-founders, and so my social-interaction is merely talking with my wife when she's home from work, weekly lunch with a few friends, random get-togethers with friends, ventrilo/video games, and customer calls. The daily socializing from being in an office is definitely missed, though I have no problem giving that up for the freedom to work, wear, and wake up when I want.