Chris's Wiki :: blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOffice Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOffice?atomcommentsDWiki2014-02-12T05:41:15ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOffice.By Chris Siebenmann on /blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOfficetag:CSpace:blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOffice:13adeacd05f2cc254c2c1bab43b750322b0d6ab4Chris Siebenmann<div class="wikitext"><p>@Brennan: It does indeed, although I don't think a home office can
be compared with a coffee shop (or at least I'd hope a home office is
rather nicer). This is the kind of case I would put firmly in the 'your
employer made the office suck' category (to steal the phrasing from <a href="https://twitter.com/thatcks/status/432995593737502720">a
tweet of mine</a>).</p>
</div>2014-02-12T05:41:15ZBy Brennan on /blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOfficetag:CSpace:blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOffice:102a4831f524fb5015ff145a512bdc4d0f98f6a8Brennan<div class="wikitext"><p>Ever been in a "high density" bullpen crowded with desks, that is often as loud as a stadium?</p>
<p>That's what I work in every day... small wonder I often choose to work from home.</p>
<p>Maybe this fits your definition of "something terrible happening"...</p>
</div>2014-02-12T05:34:47ZBy -dsr- on /blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOfficetag:CSpace:blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOffice:c89b3c6df206c389286903452af5e92bb6b43c64-dsr-<div class="wikitext"><p>My company has a policy: everyone is equipped, technologically, to be able to do most of their work from home. If you are mildly sick, you are encouraged to work from home rather than spread the germs. If the weather poses a significant inconvenience to travel, WFH. And if you need to do any one of those myriad of things that require you to wait around the house unproductively (from the company's viewpoint), why not WFH while you're waiting?</p>
<p>The company gets more work out of you, it's true. In exchange, things that would, in other companies, eat out of your paid time off allotments mostly don't. In the disaster recovery plan, it's a regularly tested feature: HQ can be destroyed and the company can continue.</p>
</div>2014-02-11T11:45:04ZFrom 46.144.78.131 on /blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOfficetag:CSpace:blog/tech/WorkRemoteVsNonOffice:7c02b8614cbfbe4529d7a65bbe4a39c22b141892From 46.144.78.131<div class="wikitext"><p>remote working enables me to spend time with sick parents I would otherwise not be able to see.</p>
<p>Sometimes you do not have a choice and you have to leave to just get a job, so remote working is a blessing.</p>
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