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No one is working remotely – We are working in captivity

by jeremiahlee on 5/20/21, 9:30 PM with 14 comments

• by browningstreet on 5/21/21, 4:33 AM

  I turn my work machine off at the end of my workday, in the only room in my house where computers are. Notifications on my phone for work apps also silence at 4pm. I’m always baffled that people feel like it’s a problem to have home and work space in the same place. If your job bugs you off hours, and you can’t enable boundaries, it hardly matters that your work is in a different building than your home.

• by emteycz on 5/20/21, 10:37 PM

  Since the pandemic I spent months in 4 different countries and 10 different cities. I enjoyed beaches, parks and many different apartments and cool hotel rooms. I spent a month at the family cottage. I visited my parents and grandmother for the longest time since I moved out nearly a decade ago.

  I am not in captivity. Nobody is. Working remote is what you make it. You can confine yourself to your small flat - but you don't have to.

• by dustymcp on 5/20/21, 11:41 PM

  Not at all i moved to the country side i have a huge garden, my kids and wife around, i dont have to deal with traffic or spending thousands in the city on food and drinks etc. couldnt be happier :)

• by musicale on 5/21/21, 1:21 AM

  I like working at home, but I don't like living at work.