Poll: How many of you prefer a fully-remote job vs. being in the office?
I work in a remote job where I never have to go in to the office. I have done it for 3 years and I love it, and wouldn't have it any other way. Love the flexibility too much. However, I am curious what the hacker news audience thinks about working remote, so I created a poll. Hope I have covered all the possible choices.
Maybe this will also make companies take notice if they see that a large part of the audience prefers being remote, or otherwise.
EDIT/UPDATE: Just so that we are clear, the poll is for a preference, not what you are actually doing!
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 20.7 ms ] threadI find I am not all that productive at the office but when I do go I find that we decide a lot of things in meetings I go in for so find it worthwhile.
If my job is to be a single cog working on tiny tasks in a large machine, I prefer to work remote since a lot of unproductive people tend to loiter their lives away inside these types of companies - and they will drag you down too. Its depressing and I avoid it by telecommuting and using my reclaimed free time for more important work.
However, if I'm a creative member of a small team charged with solving a big challenge, I much prefer working in an office. I've found there is a great deal of ingenuity lost by these small teams working remotely - even if youre on Slack 24/7 and have a daily group standup. There is a lot of critical information transfered in bursts when physically present that you can't yet match with online collaboration tools.