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Re: Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

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Post by tluyben2 »

lamontcg wrote: post #82
eric4smith wrote: post #77

It takes discipline. You have to love your work. And that, my friends, is why many people will not be able to remote work. All the stories you read in the comments here so far are for people who really love their jobs. You can feel it in every word that's lovingly typed. Families. Spouses. Nature. Inspiration. etc. But for many people who absolutely don't like their jobs (most people), remote work is not a panacea. W…

> For every person who sings the praises of remote work. There are 10 people who slack off with Netflix, YouTube, friends, etc. during work from home. Like they weren't sneaking in reddit and HN the whole time they were in the office as well. Just with the constant mental stress of getting "caught" doing exactly what everyone else was doing.

We hired a guy when we were still in the office years ago (we went remote long before the pandemic): his trial month was great; he was engaging, smart, etc. We felt lucky we got him. Straight after that month, he seemed to have fully lost interest. A few months later he still showed 0 interest, had to be dragged along to do any work. He seemed to make late evenings in the office though: we did not get it. We collected enough proof he was violating his contract and fired him; upon inspection of his computer, we found terabytes of downloaded porn. Incredibly weird but I guess if you don't like reddit or Netflix...

Re: Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

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Post by shinymark »

12 years ago I worked remotely for the first time from a small apartment. For the first 6 months or so I loved it. The flexibility primarily.

But I came to hate the isolation. I crave human interaction in all aspects of life, including work. I never want to work full time remote again.

Re: Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

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Post by squiffsquiff »

mFixman wrote: post #78

I thought I was sick of remote work until I tried going back to the office. Here's what I had forgotten: 1. Foul air in unnecessary air-tight buildings without a single open window. 2. Time wasted in making people believe you are working when you cannot work. 3. Blinding bright lights on at full power the entire day. 4. So much noise. The pandemic made me lose my ability to not be miserable in an office, and I think…

You forgot to include long walks to and queues for oversubscribed W.C.s

Re: Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

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Post by rcarmo »

I hate spending long hours indoors, but not because I’m there—because I’m constantly in calls and meetings that force me to be in front of a computer that long.

It would be fine if it wasn’t wall-to-wall calls and discussion and if we had time to focus, let alone go out and exercise (which is why when I clock out, I really shut everything down and leave my home office).

Re: Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

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Post by freedom2099 »

I don’t know..: for me and my colleagues it is amazing! Our company even migrated to a almost full remote setup (only one day a week in the office). What’s not to like? No commute! Sleeping 8h every dai! No social interactions! Silence! Better office equipment (my home setup is way better than anything the office provide)! Being able to use idle time during the day to take care of quick chores freeing up time later one! Man… we are living the dream!

Re: Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

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Post by jstx1 »

jaredcwhite wrote: post #96

"long hours in a house alone" != remote work Remote work is work you do remotely—i.e., outside of a traditional "butts in seats" company office where employees form an in-person collective during business hours. Obviously the pandemic has put a damper on the various possibilities available, but by way of example, you can work at (assuming all you need is a laptop + internet connection): a cowork space (either drop-in…

I wonder how many people think that this is good advice and at the same time

- complain about the office being distracting

- talk about the importance of good ergonomics while working

- talk about how important deep work is to them and how they don't like being interrupted

Re: Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

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Post by morphle »

cirrus3 wrote: post #89
morphle wrote: post #75

I've always been working remote since age 7. Until I did an ISP startup, now I had 10 people in an office. I only went there twice a month, I kept working at home. So I built the datacenter in my home. I crave long periodes of wild camping in Nature. So I finally changed my work around so I can work remotely from my wild camping sites for the rest of my life. It is even cheaper than working from home. I now sell remo…

oof

a DH0 or an DH1 ad hominem by a cerebrally challenged [1]? Probably TL;DR [2].

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

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Post by CodeGlitch »

eric4smith wrote: post #77

It takes discipline. You have to love your work. And that, my friends, is why many people will not be able to remote work. All the stories you read in the comments here so far are for people who really love their jobs. You can feel it in every word that's lovingly typed. Families. Spouses. Nature. Inspiration. etc. But for many people who absolutely don't like their jobs (most people), remote work is not a panacea. W…

> It takes discipline.

I'll just leave this here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk

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