| For me personally, it alleviates a lot of stress from coming into the office. I'm way more productive because I'm actually working and not BS-ing with my neighbor in the next cube/desk. This in turn brings down the noise level and reduces interruptions to "flow". For some reason, people will walk up and ask stupidly trivial questions on a regular basis in person, but when in a remote environment they are more reluctant to ask questions over communication mediums. I'm not sure why that is. Concentration++; I don't waste any time in traffic. I've put about 3,000 miles on my car all year (excluding long travel vacations). I used to average 15,000 miles! One could say this significantly reduces my carbon footprint :) Not having to waste time commuting to work, commuting to an appointment (e.g. doctor) near my home, commuting back to work then commuting back to my house. It saves me a ton of money. No fuel expenses, less maintenance expenses on my vehicle, and I don't have to get a babysitter for no-school days. I dodge the typical office bureaucracy and badmouthing of colleagues. If I have to attend a useless meeting, I can tune it out and still get work done while they chatter about. In the office I couldn't do that because it would appear "rude" or even some meetings had a no laptop policy. EDIT: oh another bonus... because i'm not sitting in traffic for 2 hours a day, I get to spend that time exercising or enjoying more quality time with my family. |