Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons worth learning

Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by pmiller2 on Monday June 03, 2019 @10:46AM (#20083630)

> As a hiring manager, what I’ve found is that there aren’t so many people who truly want to work from home all the time.

I think you might be surprised how many people truly want to give up 40 of their best hours a week at all. Reality is that most people need to work for an income, which, as you’ve laid out for remote work, allows them to do things that they want to do with their lives. I know many people who would quit working today if their rent was paid, food guaranteed to be on the table, and they could travel a little or pursue some other hobbies.

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Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by bpyne on Monday June 03, 2019 @01:47PM (#20085930)

My employer let me drop to 25 hours/week when I went to grad school. Twenty-five turned out to be a sweet spot. I enjoyed accomplishing goals for my employer each day and had an extra 3 hours daily for family and personal goals. It was the happiest I've ever been in my career.

My manager let me work from home as needed during that time. Just having the power to make the decision gave me satisfaction. I used it when I needed it but went in otherwise.

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Re:Remote working – Bringing sanity to mind and lessons wort... by burlesona on Monday June 03, 2019 @11:21AM (#20084084)

Sure, I agree there are probably a large percentage of people who would opt not to work at all if they had the choice.

But I know there are also a lot of people who love their work and would want “work to do” whether they needed money or not.

Probably the biggest gap is that most people (have to) choose work based on pay, rather than choosing based on what they enjoy spending their time on.

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