Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds

Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by corytheboyd on Monday February 19, 2024 @10:47AM (#39431017)

Commuting to and from the office five days a week is a hell that I never want to go back to. WFH has transformed my life. Being more productive is a nice bonus, though it’s the personal life benefits I care most about. Work is already so dehumanizing, can we just have this one thing in our favor for once. Four day work week next would be lovely.

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Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by truckerbill on Monday February 19, 2024 @10:51AM (#39431078)

Fight for it, don't ask!

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Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by corytheboyd on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:25AM (#39431557)

Like what, threaten my employer with an ultimatum? I’m not willing to do that, as the risk/reward balance is way off. I’d find another job if a six day work week is proposed, but not if a four day work week isn’t.

I’d like to see it happen, and soon, so that I have it for most of the remainder of my working years. Back here in reality, I need (and like) this job, and there are much worse limbo states to be in than working for a respectful tech company, from home, hoping for the four day work week.

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Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by truckerbill on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:41AM (#39431782)

Yeah you just have to seek out better employers if you want it to happen, but I understand they work very hard to get people under the thumb :)

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Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by mouzogu on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:06AM (#39431294)

post-covid made me realise life could be so much better if the working people just had a bit more leverage.

it was a fleeting glimpse at how quickly the norm can be broken and rebuilt as something better, if only temporarily in this case.

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Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by corytheboyd on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:12AM (#39431379)

Hoping it’s not completely temporary, and more of a significant fork in the road— there’s the path leading back to the office, but the path leading home has at least now been paved.

I’m on paper a field worker now, so I don’t even have an office to return to. Company doesn’t seem to want to push for RTO, but I know these things change on a dime. Just like layoffs are NEVER EVER WE PROMISE happening, until, very suddenly, they are. Enjoying it while I have it, but if I lose it, that little WFH fork in the road is still there (I hope)

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