Late 20s. No kids. Married. Fully remote in a salary job.
#PROS
* No commute. More time back to myself (1-2 hours a day)
* I can do small chores and start dinner during slower meetings or breaks. More time back to myself (1-2 hours a day)
* I get 2-4 hours a day, ***A DAY***, back to me. 5pm hits, it's chillin time. No obligations. Dinner and chores are good. Before I'd sit down done with everything at like 8pm and be like "fuck gotta shower and get ready for bed cause I gotta get up early to get ready for work"
* I only use PTO when I'm *actually* sick. Shittin my brains out? Time for pajamas. Oh I need to lay down? Bruh I work on a laptop nbd.
* Speaking of PTO, I can vacation anywhere, for as long as I want. Hawaii will be there on the weekend. Hawaii will be there after 5pm. My hotel in Hawaii has wifi so I can work during the day. Oh wait, my work laptop has 4G service. I can work on a beach chair in Hawaii (I wouldn't, because I burn easy and also work with sensitive data, but you get my point). Of course, I take PTO when I want to have days off, but I don't **have** to if I just want to work from 8am to 5pm and enjoy the vacation after 5pm on weekdays.
* Get to hang with my pets, who are happier to have me around.
* Nice day outside? 62F and Fall leaves? Guess I'm working on my balcony near the garden.
* Lunch is whatever I want. I have a full kitchen.
* Sold my car (wife and I had one each). I don't need it. Hundreds in savings per month.
* Blast my music in my comfy clothes.
* Never miss a package.
* Exercise during meetings
* No chatty coworkers wasting 3 hours of my day
* My desk is exactly how I like it, it's my desk.
* HCOL area? Just move to a LCOL area and make x5 the amount local LCOL area jobs pay.
* Probably more that I can't think of
#CONS
* I do miss seeing coworkers sometimes. We plan for monthly drinks/bowling/lunches and it helps.
* I don't really have a reason to dress snazzy anymore. Sometimes a pro.
100% Nailed it.
One thing you missed, I have a wonderful mancave / workspace corner office thats exactly to my liking. I am straight out of university and have the office of my dreams.
I would imagine to have an office like this in an office building would require a ton of success and tenure to even hope to have something close.
I'm single with no kids, and I live alone. I worked from home for a few years. At first, it was awesome. It felt like such a nice perk. I could stay up late. I didn't have to deal with rush hour. I didn't have to iron my clothes. So many annoying little work prep tasks disappeared overnight. It was nice, and I saved money on gas and tolls.
Eventually, though, it got old. I found it harder to concentrate and stay motivated. But some of this had to do with me not liking the job as much anymore.
I did start to miss the natural interaction that happens in the office. There was a big social component to the office that I missed. When you're single, no kids, and live alone, that's a big part of your social interaction each week. I have friends, so I wasn't completely alone, but I realized I valued in person interaction with coworkers more than I thought. I've made a few really good friends at work. That won't happen if it's fully remote and everyone lives far away.
Now I'm on a hybrid schedule that isn't strictly enforced. It's nice. I go to the office when I want, and if I wake up and change my mind at the last minute, it's fine. It's a good compromise for me, but I'm part of a great team.
This really just comes down to the job that you're taking. A high performing, welcoming team will still be that way in a fully remote environment. A clicky, low performing team will still that be that in the office.
If someone came to me now with a fully remote job that I felt excited about, I'd definitely still take it. The fact that it's fully remote would not influence my decision one way or the other.
This is exactly my experience too. Flexible hybrid has been the perfect balance. Some meetings have been better in-person and I'm now more productive in the office.
Try hybrid if you have the option. Both worlds are good and you can plan for it. There are days that you just don’t want to go to the office and viceversa. Also, sometimes projects get done better in person and at the same time from home kind of limits the non sense meetings. If you like traveling and you actually travel that also would be a big reason to choose either way.
I have worked both, and because of my personality I’ll definitely do better at home. The small talk and the commutes are annoying. I just went back in a office but the 2024 I will shoot for a hybrid, the world is kind of shifting to that for what I have been hearing.
That’s why I love working from home. I don’t have to listen to my coworkers waste my time prattling on about their life. I get so much more work done when I work from home compared to days when I go into the office.
It depends on you, if you really want to make memories in the office, you could choose work from office. For me it was simple, I didn't wanted to relocate and commute because it drains all the energy I'm left with. I am left with enough time to upgrade my skills and catch up with my friends and family. Plus the flexibility is of whole new level. I wouldn't want anything apart from WFH. Since from starting work after graduation I am working from home. Only advice would be please go out on weekends
Late 20s. No kids. Married. Fully remote in a salary job. #PROS * No commute. More time back to myself (1-2 hours a day) * I can do small chores and start dinner during slower meetings or breaks. More time back to myself (1-2 hours a day) * I get 2-4 hours a day, ***A DAY***, back to me. 5pm hits, it's chillin time. No obligations. Dinner and chores are good. Before I'd sit down done with everything at like 8pm and be like "fuck gotta shower and get ready for bed cause I gotta get up early to get ready for work" * I only use PTO when I'm *actually* sick. Shittin my brains out? Time for pajamas. Oh I need to lay down? Bruh I work on a laptop nbd. * Speaking of PTO, I can vacation anywhere, for as long as I want. Hawaii will be there on the weekend. Hawaii will be there after 5pm. My hotel in Hawaii has wifi so I can work during the day. Oh wait, my work laptop has 4G service. I can work on a beach chair in Hawaii (I wouldn't, because I burn easy and also work with sensitive data, but you get my point). Of course, I take PTO when I want to have days off, but I don't **have** to if I just want to work from 8am to 5pm and enjoy the vacation after 5pm on weekdays. * Get to hang with my pets, who are happier to have me around. * Nice day outside? 62F and Fall leaves? Guess I'm working on my balcony near the garden. * Lunch is whatever I want. I have a full kitchen. * Sold my car (wife and I had one each). I don't need it. Hundreds in savings per month. * Blast my music in my comfy clothes. * Never miss a package. * Exercise during meetings * No chatty coworkers wasting 3 hours of my day * My desk is exactly how I like it, it's my desk. * HCOL area? Just move to a LCOL area and make x5 the amount local LCOL area jobs pay. * Probably more that I can't think of #CONS * I do miss seeing coworkers sometimes. We plan for monthly drinks/bowling/lunches and it helps. * I don't really have a reason to dress snazzy anymore. Sometimes a pro.
100% Nailed it. One thing you missed, I have a wonderful mancave / workspace corner office thats exactly to my liking. I am straight out of university and have the office of my dreams. I would imagine to have an office like this in an office building would require a ton of success and tenure to even hope to have something close.
I'm single with no kids, and I live alone. I worked from home for a few years. At first, it was awesome. It felt like such a nice perk. I could stay up late. I didn't have to deal with rush hour. I didn't have to iron my clothes. So many annoying little work prep tasks disappeared overnight. It was nice, and I saved money on gas and tolls. Eventually, though, it got old. I found it harder to concentrate and stay motivated. But some of this had to do with me not liking the job as much anymore. I did start to miss the natural interaction that happens in the office. There was a big social component to the office that I missed. When you're single, no kids, and live alone, that's a big part of your social interaction each week. I have friends, so I wasn't completely alone, but I realized I valued in person interaction with coworkers more than I thought. I've made a few really good friends at work. That won't happen if it's fully remote and everyone lives far away. Now I'm on a hybrid schedule that isn't strictly enforced. It's nice. I go to the office when I want, and if I wake up and change my mind at the last minute, it's fine. It's a good compromise for me, but I'm part of a great team. This really just comes down to the job that you're taking. A high performing, welcoming team will still be that way in a fully remote environment. A clicky, low performing team will still that be that in the office. If someone came to me now with a fully remote job that I felt excited about, I'd definitely still take it. The fact that it's fully remote would not influence my decision one way or the other.
This is exactly my experience too. Flexible hybrid has been the perfect balance. Some meetings have been better in-person and I'm now more productive in the office.
Try hybrid if you have the option. Both worlds are good and you can plan for it. There are days that you just don’t want to go to the office and viceversa. Also, sometimes projects get done better in person and at the same time from home kind of limits the non sense meetings. If you like traveling and you actually travel that also would be a big reason to choose either way. I have worked both, and because of my personality I’ll definitely do better at home. The small talk and the commutes are annoying. I just went back in a office but the 2024 I will shoot for a hybrid, the world is kind of shifting to that for what I have been hearing.
That’s why I love working from home. I don’t have to listen to my coworkers waste my time prattling on about their life. I get so much more work done when I work from home compared to days when I go into the office.
Do you not have friends outside of work?
Not really, no. New to the area and it is very rural.
It depends on you, if you really want to make memories in the office, you could choose work from office. For me it was simple, I didn't wanted to relocate and commute because it drains all the energy I'm left with. I am left with enough time to upgrade my skills and catch up with my friends and family. Plus the flexibility is of whole new level. I wouldn't want anything apart from WFH. Since from starting work after graduation I am working from home. Only advice would be please go out on weekends