@Gaby I may not have a choice, but I am not looking forward to “normal”. The pre-pandemic “normal” was sucking the life out of me with long commutes and “packed in like sardines workspaces”. If i include commute time, my pre-pandemic workday was 12 hours. In 2020, I had 8 hour workdays for the first time while working remotley.
Sure, I’m tired of the isolation of the “global house imprisonment” experiment. But I want to continue working remotely so I can do lunch with IRL friends, a mid-afternoon hike, and be home to help my spouse make dinner.
I hated the old “normal”.
@khurtwilliams I’m with you, gladly my commute is about 20 mins, 30 if I am dropping off the girls at grandma’s. I do dislike my cubicle a bit tho
@Gaby For nearly 14 years, I had a 15-minute commute by car to local employers. It was great. I would often drive home or meet my wife nearby for lunch. But increasingly, those opportunities dwindled, and I ended up commuting further.
A cubicle is a rare thing. Financial services and Pharma companies here favour workspaces that look like this. Now image two 17” displays per person.
What the train platfom leaving NYC for Princeton Junction looks like at 1PM. Now imagine rush hour. I don’t want to go back to this.
