Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever

Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by thelean12 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:54PM (#23158124)

Commuting is a choice for most tech workers in the bay area. It's easy to get your commute down to 30 minutes or less if you want. I've got mine down to 20 most days.

I do what you say: take classes, do social things. And yet my most lasting friendships have come from work.

Maybe I'm the minority, or maybe it's the constant excuse to be around together that forms more lasting relationships.

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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by tayo42 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @03:01PM (#23158213)

A 30 minute commute doesn't really tell the whole story though. Theres still the hour of getting ready, waking up, alarm clocks. Ive used an alarm clock maybe once or twice and thats because someone scheduled a meeting at 9am. now i make breakfast while doing things like check email in the morning.

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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by thelean12 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @03:06PM (#23158282)

I'm not sure how that has to do with WFH. I still have to get ready, wake up, set an alarm clock. Except now I have to cook breakfast, clean the resulting dishes, and brew my coffee. Even more work before the day starts.

Are you saying that your company cares more about if you're in your seat at a certain time during normal days? Because that's a completely separate issue than WFH or not.

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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by leetcrew on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @03:11PM (#23158344)

I think it just depends on your personality type. my closest friends are mostly people that I just happened to spend a lot of time with and realized later that I really enjoyed their company. I find that if I do some activity with the explicit goal of making friends, I end up making shallow connections at best.

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