Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation

Post by bluedino » Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 6:32 PM UTC

rco8786 wrote: post #90

jossclimb wrote: post #12

I have been remote for 11 years now and have two children 9 and 12. I can't imagine what it would have been like if I had spent the week out commuting between the hours of 7am to 7pm, we would have lost out on so much bonding time with their daddy being an integral part of their life. I managed to be highly productive, build a career, yet be there for bath times, tucking into bed, school plays / sports days, nursing…

I've been remote for 4 years with a 4 and 2 year old and....same. Generally more productive work-wise and can't imagine going back to commuting 30-40m each way as I did previously (which isn't even a "bad" commute). And the additional time with the family is irreplaceable. My company's local office is open, and I do go in 2-3 times a month for various reasons (which I also enjoy as a change of pace). But every time I…

Post by lotsofpulp » Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 6:38 PM UTC

yulaow wrote: post #163

sgtnoodle wrote: post #140

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Indeed. We have a 5 month old and a 4 year old, and my wife broke her leg with a compound spiral fracture two months ago then subsequently developed vertigo and hearing loss from unexplainable inner ear damage. I can't say preschool has helped us out much, either. After the whole family became violently ill from a preschool norovirus, I've now been plagued with an upper respiratory infection going on 20 days or so. I…

This sounds more like a problem of your country culture of not encouraging to take sick days. I would have been on sick leave for all the time needed to not have sleeping problems anymore

Post by fnordpiglet » Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 6:40 PM UTC

munificent wrote: post #190

fnordpiglet wrote: post #168

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Now imagine if you had been able to have it all, the only cost being management not being able to see your bag of mostly carbon water physically respirate. I love having a house and yard, and never having to pollute the environment to shift my bag of carbon water to do the same work worse somewhere less adapted to my being. There will come a time when passions die about RTO and companies stop paying for real estate s…

> Then children will have their parents again. In most developed countries, parents already spend more time with their kids than at any point in the past fifty years: https://ourworldindata.org/parents-time-with-kids (What they've sacrificed, at least in the US, seems to largely be non-work social connections and group participation.)

Post by rambojohnson » Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 6:46 PM UTC

ThorsBane wrote: post #183

This proves remote work is quality software engineering methodology. It results in higher quality, more throughput, and increased investment in Family. I approve. This means any org or management layer that enforce hybrid or in-office on the people who move code, system design, abstractions, product knowledge work, ux work...are contra Family. Those orgs need to collapse and those managers should be fired. This will…

Post by rco8786 » Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 6:55 PM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #170

rco8786 wrote: post #90

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I've been remote for 4 years with a 4 and 2 year old and....same. Generally more productive work-wise and can't imagine going back to commuting 30-40m each way as I did previously (which isn't even a "bad" commute). And the additional time with the family is irreplaceable. My company's local office is open, and I do go in 2-3 times a month for various reasons (which I also enjoy as a change of pace). But every time I…

Judging by rush hour traffic, tech is something of a bubble. As far as I can tell, commuting traffic is back to pre-pandemic levels as far as I can tell.