Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker

Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by rainyMammoth on Sunday July 26, 2020 @09:53PM (#23961634)

> If you ask me, the future of the workplace isn't fully-remote or fully in-person, it's an office where everyone comes in 2-3 days a week, as necessary, and working remote or at-home the rest of the time.

I'm in the same boat as you, also early career but Please, NO. Being asked to go twice a week to the office is the worst trade-off. It means I still need to live in commuting distance of the office but I also need to rent an extra room to be my office where I'm expected to work for 3 days/week.

I favor a model in which once a quarter the whole team spends a week together as a "retreat". This gives you flexibility to really live where you want without that need to still go to the office. It also means the company doesn't even need to keep an office to start with.

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by thebradbain on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:02PM (#23961672)

I totally agree this is also a valid option, and one I’d personally love to explore more. To me, though, that’s still essentially near the extreme fully-remote, and I could understand if it’s not for everyone. I definitely hope and do think it will become more common in the future though, too.

EDIT: GitHub actually balances this beautifully, imo. They have offices in SF, NY, Austin, and Tokyo for those who want to go into an office every day or semi-regularly, though they also do a yearly company-wide retreat and quarterly team gatherings if you want to work fully remote.

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by pbreit on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:00PM (#23961889)

I’m wondering if “remotes” might opt for WeWorks?

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by rhizome on Monday July 27, 2020 @01:06AM (#23962383)

Not on your life...ideally my next job will be full remote, and in that event my plan is to get a real, simple office, 150-200sqft or so.

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