You have to laugh at those who are seething with jealousy toward those who can work from home.
It shows up every time there is one of these threads.
I need the human interaction. I hate the isolation I crave being around flesh and blood humans. Pixel people just not the same. But every one is wired differently I suppose.
Like clockwork. Along with the “if I can’t see you work, you ain’t workin’” contingent. Before retiring in 2011 I managed (from home) groups of 9-15 remote workers (who worked in the field and from home) for almost 30 years. If I had any problem working from home, it was the tendency to work more hours/day than I had to - but that was my choice.
Jealous? I hate working from home and have the option to do just that. I have two offices in my home - one in my bedroom and one in my basement. I alternated between the two for variety. One day while in my bedroom office late in the day, I realized I had spent almost 20 out of the last 24 hours in my bedroom. How is that unlike prison?
I decided then to go back into the office almost everyday. My mental outlook has improved dramatically, I think I was getting a little depressed working from home. The drifting of days into monotonous sameness without real interaction with others was darkening my spirits.
Amen brother. 👍
Too true. A round trip to the office costs me 3.5 gallons a day. At $4.70/gal that’s $82.25 a week just for gas. However, the depreciation on my car is even more. Figure 125000 miles to lose 80% of the value. At 200 miles a week for. $60k car that’s $153.60 a week. Ignoring maintenance that’s $235.85 out of my pocket every week that I’m NOT paying out by working from home. My pay is not going to increase to cover this if I go back to the office
Plus my boss lives in Texas most of my coworkers are in California and my office is in Atlanta. What’s the point? If it weren’t for the light speed delay I could live on the moon and they’d never know.
The computer stuff I do frequently has run times of an hour or more at the office that’s wasted time. At home I can do other stuff and run multiple jobs until I go to bed.
So you office types can pretend to be virtuous but I’ll be a lot better off working from home unless forced to go to the office and in that case it’s AMF