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Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by breput »

breput wrote: post #98
irjustin wrote: post #76

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Wow that's a tall claim because Aeron and the Steelcase leap are the gotos. I was always skeptical of gaming chairs long duration sitting solutions but maybe i'll head to a local store and give it a try.

I was always an Aeron fan because it is a great chair but also it was also a status symbol. Back in 2011 I was working at a startup that finally started making real money and one day a semi truck showed up in the back lot and everyone rolled their motley collection of random office shit chairs out and we unloaded the Aerons off of the truck, still wrapped in plastic. I still have that same chair in the office, 10 yea…

The armrests are https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M8F9IYC (medium, black). I'm sure there are a thousand variants, but these work for me.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by bpye »

scarecrowbob wrote: post #77

I've been working remote for about 10 years. I've had "real" offices. I've worked in open-plan offices. I've had a home office. I've worked from bed. There are tons of good ways to do it. Lately I swap between a kitchen table and a chair on my porch. I no longer use multiple screens, I've just gotten really fast at swapping windows on my 15" laptop; I've gotten good at figuring out how wide my terminal window breaks…

I have a desk with dual monitors and a laptop dock where I do most of my work, but sometimes that just isn’t where I want to be. The biggest win is the flexibility, I can be in bed, on the sofa or outside and do the same stuff I do sat at my desk.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by oblio »

legerdemain wrote: post #60
pat2man wrote: post #30

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In which case employers should just increase wages to take into account how much is saved on office space. Then workers might be able to afford larger houses or apartments.

Wouldn't landlords just raise the rent to compensate?

Let's never get raises because landlords will also raise rent.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by oblio »

travisgriggs wrote: post #110

Bed. Meh. I love the water. Last time I worked from home (a couple of years ago), I built a custom desk/rack that suspended over our big bath to hold my laptop and mouse. I coded for hours in the bath. I had to be careful on the Skype calls though.

Isn't being in water for so many hours kind of bad for you?

Also, similar question if the water is warm/hot and there's a lot of steam.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by mojuba »

scarecrowbob wrote: post #77

I've been working remote for about 10 years. I've had "real" offices. I've worked in open-plan offices. I've had a home office. I've worked from bed. There are tons of good ways to do it. Lately I swap between a kitchen table and a chair on my porch. I no longer use multiple screens, I've just gotten really fast at swapping windows on my 15" laptop; I've gotten good at figuring out how wide my terminal window breaks…

That's work from home brilliantly summarized, very true.

However, I have my doubts about productivity in smaller teams and startups. Being in the same space physically I think speeds up a lot of things. In small teams and esp. at early stage startups your whole day is a meeting where things are discussed and resolved spontaneously. Sometimes it is important to have an environment where information is exchanged dynamically and in an unordered fashion, as opposed to structured meetings, schedules and planning that become necessary in fully remote teams.

Then there's the social part. At least don't forget to do regular meetups in real life if you can.

Honestly, I'm very divided over this. Is there a way to have the spontaneity and dynamism of working in small teams in real life, and have the comfort and freedom of working from home?

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Post by legerdemain »

oblio wrote: post #123
legerdemain wrote: post #60

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Wouldn't landlords just raise the rent to compensate?

Let's never get raises because landlords will also raise rent.

Yes, let's not all simultaneously get raises. The value of money is its inequity, not its quantity.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by lazyresearcher »

osigurdson wrote: post #81
ashtonkem wrote: post #67

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This is the issue with “hybrid” work. You either live somewhere where you can afford an office, or somewhere where the commute is bearable. Living somewhere where you have a dedicated office and the commute isn’t hell is a very expensive proposition in most American cities.

Agree. WFH a couple of days a week is largely nonsensical. Employers still need to pay for office space. Employees need dedicated work space in their homes and additional equipment while still needing to be located relatively close to the office.

You can have a full office everyday if half of the company WFH part of the week and the other half the other part.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by mike503 »

Personally, before COVID, my company reshuffled me into a group without anyone physically around for the most part. I had no in-person interaction most days when I went to the office. I simply stopped going in and just WFH’ed. I had only one complaint in years about it. COVID made it official, and then the company decided to make a round of layoffs. I didn’t make that cut (unrelated to WFH) but was able to find a fully remote job that pays better and I have zero change in my work socialization. Instead, I’ve tried focusing more on non-work options, as those will be more portable anyway.
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