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by BrS96bVxXBLzf5B 1536 days ago
All the time. I don't have an outrageous salary (£40k/yr) but I have such an easy-going schedule and light workload. If I need to do a life errand I don't have to plan and can go out and do it. If I didn't sleep well and need a nap I can take Slack notifications off mute (so they wake me up) and rest. If some complex work comes up it can be taken at its own pace. My boss and coworkers are all the loveliest people.

When I feel guilty it's because I feel like I'm 'cheating' life, like I shouldn't be able to take an hour long walk in the middle of a random day if the sun is shining - but really I feel it's something _everyone_ in a non-critical remote role should be able to do without question or worry.

> Do you experience this? How do you deal with it?

I do the only thing I can do (I think) whilst being in an internal leadership position but not an employer: continue to emphasise within the company that everyone should work without stress, be visibly lax, and outside of the company make sure to communicate that this style of working is possible and acceptable and it should be a societal goal for everyone to have this option.