More Americans now work full-time from home than walk and bike to office jobs
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#2Why am I not one of them? :(
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#3In less click-bait-y headlines: "A record 2.6% of American employees now go to their jobs without ever leaving their houses".
In more absurd headlines: "A record 2.6% of American employees now transfer to their jobs INSTANTANEOUSLY."
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#4Why am I not one of them? :(
Why don't you find one? weworkremotely or stackoverflow careers have a fair amount.
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#5Meanwhile 56% of people who work or study in Copenhagen commute by bicycle.
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#6"Nearly 8% of programmers now work from home, following a staggering increase of nearly 400% since 2000."
Could working remotely reach a tipping point where it becomes the default? I could see it happening in the next 20 years, the advantages are too numerous. Most of the downsides are typically related to the inherent friction between onsite and the offsite workers, meaning companies that start out as remote-first will have a big advantages over companies that later add remote working options.
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#7Meanwhile 56% of people who work or study in Copenhagen commute by bicycle.
... because they can not afford to buy a car.
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#9"Nearly 8% of programmers now work from home, following a staggering increase of nearly 400% since 2000." Could working remotely reach a tipping point where it becomes the default? I could see it happening in the next 20 years, the advantages are too numerous. Most of the downsides are typically related to the inherent friction between onsite and the offsite workers, meaning companies that start out as remote-first w…
The biggest downside to me is decreasing the ways to make a friends and being social. I worked remote for about 8 months and I got bored seeing the same room in the day and the night. Of course not having a commute is an amazing thing and environmentally friendly, but I felt very disconnected from the world.
I think once working from home is the norm something will have to exist to allow for meeting new people besides the status quo.