[mtcoopee]

After being work from home 100% right now, I really would prefer a hybrid 4 in and 1 out. I believe there was a Gallup poll that showed majority also do not want to work from home always.

4 and 1 does have benefits, commuting 1 hour once a week compared to 5 times a week is a big difference. The reason I would like to go to the office one time a week is really I feel extremely disconnected from my team when always being remote. Teams is good and all but just not the same as being in a room with people.

[pracer]

And what about spending the winter in some sunny island for a month? Getting to know the team when one starts is good, and then just working with the tools to meet and talk to them. But my impression is that most of the people who think like you do that because they miss the human contact with people outside of their household (not saying you in particular) and they feel isolated.

I have been working fully remote almost 2 years now, and it felt that way at the beginning. Until I started using the benefits that remote work provides. Going to a nearby gym with cheap prices at my convenience, staying in other places for a month without having to ask for holidays (or even ask for it), joining plans and trips with friends without worrying too much if I have enough holidays or even getting advantage of cheap prices for flights and trains to travel somewhere.

I think most people struggle with the reality that the only "downside" of remote work is not "being disconnected with the team", but having to put effort to meet friends (also make new ones) to have the human contact they usually miss.

[ed25519FUUU]

You’re losing out on the ability to move to a much cheaper area. If you’re going to suffer the costs of remote work, you might as well also get the more of the benefits.

[mint2]

If I was 1 day in the office I’d live in midtown Sac instead of the Bay Area.

Or Napa. Or Santa Cruz. Etc. one ungodly commute a week is very doable.