Our Self-Isolating Future: How working from home could reshape society

Re:Our Self-Isolating Future: How working from home could re... by yodsanklai on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @10:16AM (#22674866)

I've been working remotely for a while, but most of my colleagues work in the office by choice. First thing I noticed, our remote meetings are much better now. It works better when everyone is remote.

Another thing that surprised me, many of my colleagues don't have a good working environment from home. They live in small appartements, sometimes with young kids, and mostly don't have an office or even a good laptop.

> Even the remote teams I know are struggling to get work done in the middle of this 24-hour news cycle of virus news and political battles about how to address it.

Agree. It takes self-discipline not to follow this to closely.

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Re:Our Self-Isolating Future: How working from home could re... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @07:05PM (#22680012)

> They live in small appartements, sometimes with young kids

That's most likely the reason why they "work in the office by choice".

Back when I was still working in a physical office, I couldn't understand why someone would want to escape from their home into an office. As a WFH father of an infant, I fully get it now. Working with a small child nearby pretty much precludes any regular focus or deep working sessions.

> Agree. It takes self-discipline not to follow this to closely.

Indeed it does. I've never wasted so much time obsessively reading the news like over the past month.

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