[mylons]

What if requiring coming into the office subtly introduces stress of commuting, dealing with people on a day to day basis that you might necessarily not want, wasting your down time, potentially forcing you into a very sedentary lifestyle for 8 hours a day? Not to mention that the 40 hour work week is a remnant of the industrial revolution. Relative to the speed of tech innovation over the last 20-30 years, it's an outdated relic of a time long forgotten.

Those are unhealthy things that can cause cancer, depression, anxiety, obesity, etc. They ultimately lower your potential and functional ability. If working from home can ease and circumvent a lot of those things, why wouldn't you do it? If nothing more than just for your own personal health, which is more important than work anyway..

[philwelch]

Yeah, working in an office is practically the equivalent of coal mining. This prima donna attitude really makes me sick.

[coldtea]

>Yeah, working in an office is practically the equivalent of coal mining.

Yes, because coal mining is the absolute criterion of unhealthiness in the workplace.

And given that people do coal mining, "working 10+ hours, 5 days a week in an office" can never be viewed as bad, right?

[philwelch]

Who said anything about working 10+ hours?

[coldtea]

Tons of employers.