[valleyjo]

Not universally true. I strongly prefer work from office. I hate commuting but prefer the office so that’s a paradox I struggle with. I’ve been thinking terrible commutes are a symptom of how we’ve built society. If everyone lived within 20 minutes by public transit or bike or walk from the office would there still be as much pushback?

[drewcsillag]

Would there still be as much pushback? Yes.

Open office environments are terrible for productivity, stress, health, etc. — the science is pretty well settled here.

[danaris]

I live 20 minutes' walk from my workplace.

I've been working from home almost exclusively since lockdowns started, and it's hugely beneficial to me, while adding minimal burden to the actual work. Being in my own space, with my cats nearby, my own kitchen just a few steps away, and my family doing their own work in other rooms...

And this is as compared to my own spacious office, with a decent minifridge and a back room I can sit in if I need to be more clearly "unavailable".

Thinking back to my previous job, where I worked in a cube farm, I just shudder inside. There is no way in hell I'm ever going back to that soul-destroying atmosphere, and by far the most reliable way to ensure that is to only take full-remote jobs from now on.

[jen20]

Per the root post of the thread:

> _and you like the taste_

If you don’t, that’s fine, and your preferences need not be imposed on your peers.