[biggc]

I personally enjoyed _work_ more in person than remote, but I enjoy my life overall more with remote work. I’m sure I’m not the only person who feels that way.

If you’re in a leadership position, what are you supposed to optimize for?

[TX81Z]

I’d think employee productivity and retention would be high on the list.

Likewise as a recent founder myself the fact that I’ve been able to start a company with no office and have the flexibility to hire people from anywhere in the country is a game changer.

If big old fashion companies want to make people work in person, it’s basically just a gift for smaller competitors ready to eat their lunch.

[dv_dt]

IMHO There is negative value in in-person work all the time. There is positive value in occasional in-person meetings with focused agendas. Work remote by default with quarterly or semiannual get together.

[afavour]

I currently work with one day in the office every week and I find to to be perfect. That day is basically "meetings day" and once you accept that you won't get any actual coding done that day it's fine. In person meetings are better and more productive than video calls and packing them all into one day makes the rest of my week much better.

[dv_dt]

I would prefer not to be tied to a commute distance of an office with a commitment to waste that commute time and energy every week. What works for you personally is very different from a hard requirement for everybody.

[afavour]

> What works for you personally is very different from a hard reqirement for everybody

Is that not implicit? You stated what works best for you, I stated what works best for me.

[dv_dt]

To me, meetings day implies a rule that everybody attached to that office is required to be in to have meetings with, but I apologize if I read to much into it.