What is the good side of working remotely?
Vio Vanica
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For me, it's the time I save when I don't commute for 2 hours every day. What about you?
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Guillermo Gette@guillegette
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I get to be at home and work from home with my wife. :)
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I believe the extra family time is huge, but also the ability to be present during important moments. My previous company kept me away for years; holidays, birthdays, you name it, I was on the phone or working—physically present, but mentally checked out.
This time is when professionals can stop sacrificing the things they KNOW are important for the things they SAY are important.
Freedom. defining your own working conditions.
I'm able to zone my calendar for client work, side gigs and time with my son.
There is no point in being in an office.
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Here a couple of pros for me
- No commute = no need for car, travel time, less stress from driving
- Can spend more time with my family
- Am more available for baby emergencies
- Daily tasks like cleaning & laundry become my break time (more efficient)
- One coffee shops open up, that.
I am seeing my 11 months baby to growing in front of me from her birth. I am spending lots of time with her because of WFH.
For myself, it's the time I spend with my family. This is a big deal for myself, especially now that I'm a new dad.
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Getting to destress easily.
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@jyo_boral how do you do it?
For me it's about async communications - I really need it to feel less stressed and be more productive
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@nikita_naumov is it with everybody or only with your team?
2 hours that I spent on the road, I can invest in preparing a delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner 😌
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I've been absolutely loving working remotely.
1. It saves a whole lot of time and money.
2. I can work from anywhere in the world. No need to take a leave for travelling as long as you have an internet connection.
3. I'm not restricted to live in the expensive and highly polluted city I'm currently in. I can move to the mountains 🗻
4. I'm open to so many more job opportunities not being restricted by my physical location.
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The good:
- Less time travelling, more time for leisure
- No working in an office - a relic of the industrial age - as the pandemic has shown
- Sense of autonomy over my day
The bad
- Motivation dips working alone - so I've been working in a co working space the past week - keeping a diary to measure impact - so far massive uplift in productivity
- Home and work fuse into each other all taking place where one lives, sleeps
- Social contact in person is precious, how might we maintain this in a remote world?
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@dalnijjar have you tried a virtual coworking or physical coworking? how does the productivity diary look like?
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I commute 45 minutes one way so it saves me a lot of time. I also get really sleepy on the bus 😆
1. Your pets not feeling lonely! Of course some of your pets might feel otherwise too :D
2. 27x7 access to clean restrooms with 0 fear of transmission of any kinda germs, etc
3. Being bare foot the whole day - It's actually healthier for the feet too!
4. Not having to constantly worry if you turned off the stove, if you left the dryer on, if you closed the balcony door, etc
5. Wearing shorts every single day all day!
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@anjanaa89 this sounds like you feel safe and comfortable, I like the part with barefoot, where are you based?
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I can drink yerba maté.
Also my desktop computer is far more powerful than my laptop.
Can work from anywhere, no constraints on the location.
Plus, No need to pretend to be working when you don't have any :P
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@ankitaarora you hit it with the second part for sure, I think a lot of people will find themselves into this situation.
Working on Own time and Time Saved by Reducing commute
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Good parts:
- Flexibility
- No time waste to commute to the office and back home
- Easier to lay down when you feel your back pain
- Spend more time with family (for some people this can be a negative point!)
- You can travel and work
- You can sleep more in the mornings (because you can start your work right after yoiu wait up), no need to shower, dress up, and taking some time to go to office (means saving at least one hour)
Bad parts:
- You get less chance to meet your colleagues in person, and that might lead to social anxiety
- You spend less time talking/having fun, and probably more time working which might effect the mental health in long run (you need to be careful, specially if you're alone in home)
- It decrease physical activities
- Sometimes it leads to not have the same and correct understanding from an issue, product, idea, or etc (misunderstanding because of short video calls)
@mohammad_kermani working remotely increased my physical activities, you can workout everytime you want :)
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@mohammad_kermani what solutions did you try so far for the bad parts?
@mohammad_kermani @viorica_vanica what do you mean by bad parts?
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@mohammad_kermani @mateusz_zarod1
This ones:
Bad parts:
- You get less chance to meet your colleagues in person, and that might lead to social anxiety
- You spend less time talking/having fun, and probably more time working which might effect the mental health in long run (you need to be careful, specially if you're alone in home)
- It decrease physical activities
- Sometimes it leads to not have the same and correct understanding from an issue, product, idea, or etc (misunderstanding because of short video calls)
@mohammad_kermani @mateusz_zarod1 @viorica_vanica I agree with the bad parts that mohammad mentions. I've had similar challenges and I found that it's still possible to connect with colleagues virtually. One thing is virtual coffee breaks, but we found that playing online games, guessing games, and creating challenges for ourselves was quite effective to stay connected as a team. This is exactly what inspired a project that I contributed to recently: Funin (https://healthymindtech.com/funin).
More time to sleep
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@rilwan_owolabi1 yesss, do you keep the same sleeping hours?
How much time do you have? 😈..........
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