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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 7 points 31 minutes ago

As much as I'd love to work from home, I can't. I'm too easily distracted and work would be at the bottom of my priority list at all times.

I'll happily support all of you home workers, but I can't trust myself to do what I'm supposed to do during "work time".

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 45 minutes ago

Home only.

Why travel to an arbitrary location to access equipment at a different arbitrary location.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 34 minutes ago (1 children)

Hybrid, leaning towards office. At home I just can't manage to manage myself.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago

You got the ADHD too? Inattentive type, represent!

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 5 points 43 minutes ago

Team hybrid FTW.

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 2 points 9 minutes ago

From a societal perspective I think we should be working in common spaces so we can be near people and learn to socialize. We’re losing second and third spaces. Fewer people having children also means less forced interaction and I fear we are heading towards a more isolated society.

Unfortunately, not everyone would lives close enough to comfortably go into an office, which leaves people burning 2-3hrs of their day just doing that. And all the commuting also impacts the Earth.

[–] zoltanshields@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 minute ago

Work from home. I've really worked very little in an office, I find it unnecessary for collaboration and much more distracting than working from home.

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 1 points 4 minutes ago

Hybrid. Getting up that early and dealing with traffic/the subway is a $$ PITA. But there are some things I can only do in the office, so I'm WFH mon-tues until someone tells me I can’t.

[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 minutes ago

Office only, work from home is only allowed under very rare circumstances. Engineering for industrial manufacturing and if I worked from home about 80% of the questions I'd have would be answered by physically being there and watching the equipment run.

[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 3 points 34 minutes ago

I have too much executive dysfunction to work from home. I need to be in the office, bored out of my mind, in an uncomfortable chair, to force myself to want to work.

[–] otherbarry@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 minutes ago

I live in a tiny micro studio apartment by myself - I could definitely work from home there but I'd quickly turn into an un-socialized hermit doing that long term. For better or worse I find there's some value actually getting myself out of the house and interacting with people IRL even if it's just work stuff.

[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 minutes ago

I like my hybrid schedule, it has a nice balance of being able to actually interact with people at the office and the flexibility of wfh.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 minutes ago

You should have the option always. If you can work without burning fossil fuels to get to a place of work, you should.

I'm 50/50. In my own job there are a lot of days where I am just sitting at my laptop doing drawings or inventory calculations or other menial bs. I try to work from home where I can, and it honestly is fine with me. If I do it more than 2 or 3 days in a row though I start to feel brain rot creeping in from too much sameness.

The rest of the time I am frequently handling supplier product samples, prototype test units, taking first article measurements, and doing other shop stuff for other people in the company. I can't really work from home in those situations but it keeps my mind active and moving.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 23 minutes ago

I'm an office kind of person. I need a designated place to work. I also find that coworkers are less communicative when working remote.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 42 minutes ago

Definitely from home. I have conditions that make travel difficult, and I'm a programmer by trade so there's usually no good reason to be on site.

[–] Freeposity@lemmy.world 2 points 25 minutes ago

WFH.

Working at the office would mean buying a car, getting insurance, paying for parking and adding another 1.5 hours to my day. It's not worth it.