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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by metafunctor on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @07:52AM (#23165893)
My social life does not intersect much with my work life.

Do you perhaps live alone in a small apartment? I can see how working from home could be tough on a situation like that. I live with my family, in a house, with a garden, and I absolute abhor the idea of resuming a daily commute. I hate our office, and I love my home.

I am definitely no “social butterfly”, though.

Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by gregf on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:23AM (#23166627)
I live in a small apartment with my dog. I don't get out enough, it does make you depressed after a while. Luckily I have a some friends that work from home in the area. We take turns going to each other's house for the work day. Gives you a change of scenery while you work, and someone to interact with while working. Although a lot of it is sitting in silence in the same room, just having another human around can boost your mood. At least for me this does wonders.
Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by jumbopapa on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:18AM (#23166078)
I think I overall enjoy WFH, that said, my quality of life would be greatly improved if I lived in a larger home rather than my one bedroom apartment.

I've seen some people predict that a surge in home buying may follow the pandemic because people will realize how much better off they would have been in a larger space.

I will go ahead and move into a 2 bedroom in the next few months to allow me to have a more private office space.

Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by ghaff on Thursday May 14, 2020 @09:19AM (#23179119)
I suspect that a fair number of people will be rethinking downtown all I need is somewhere to sleep housing choices when their lease renewals come up.
Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by gmtx725 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:15AM (#23166050)
My office is a wework so it's literally like 1000 times better than my shitty apartment. I just have to worry about so much less at the office. Free barista coffee, washing up and cleaning done for you so you're not messing up your workspace. I miss it a lot.
Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by polskibus on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:23AM (#23166125)
isn't wework an unsustainable business that will shutdown pretty soon?
Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by ci5er on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:57PM (#23171747)
That isn't clear yet. Money in/out this month was about 80%/target, so they may pull a rabbit out of a hat.
Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by reificator on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:18PM (#23183273)
> Money in/out this month was about 80%/target, so they may pull a rabbit out of a hat.

During the middle of a worldwide lockdown? The only explanation I can imagine is a substantial decrease in operating costs due to disuse, but that doesn't strike me as enough to offset the cost of rent.

What am I missing here?

Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by ci5er on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:26PM (#23183369)
I don't know!

I just gave their topline reported results.

EDIT: https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/wework-says-its-...