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I was already a remote worker before the world lost it's mind. Nothing has changed for me.
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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I work with people who display the worst tendencies of the cow-workers from Dilbert land. But, at least they make up for their total lack of skill by being unwilling to learn "new" technologies like MVC, EF, etc, etc.
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Ah, the ambiance. 
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I miss our office Barista and going with colleagues for a cuppa ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) . It starts as a bit of a talk about non-work stuff and then somebody slips in some work into break time and afterwards there is a bit more consensus  ...
Then there is the free lunches... Excellent food, cooked healthily. I eat MUCH better when at work. I don't go with my direct colleagues to lunch though. Work is not allowed to invade too much of my break time.
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bit of a flip/flip as to how "relaxing" the driving commute to work was. The type of focus required was a good 30-40 minute switch from home -> work, then the reverse. a break of sorts in the day
The other people on the road how ever I do not miss.
Tried yesterday a short 10 minute walk around the block before work to see if that would give me that mind shift. It easier on days when not raining. 
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I used to walk to the railway station, catch a train, walk to the office, then do it all in reverse at the end of the day. This:
1) gave my brain an enforced rest from work and home life
2) gave me an hour of exercise a day
3) gave me time to listen to lots of podcasts
4) exposed me to a bit of randomness and variety
5) cost me a small fortune.
I miss all of those except the last one.
Regards
Nelviticus
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Under normal conditions, I walk 3.5 km (2.2 miles), mostly uphill, to the office every morning, at a brisk speed so that I really need a shower before entering the office. That is a great way to wake up, especially when the winter storms rip the cap off my head or the fall showers make me soaking wet from the outside (in addition to the sweating from inside) .
Ater works, just let myself drop down the hill the same 3.5 km, entering my home refreshed and agile (at least compared to what I felt when raising from my office desk).
The half hour of walking every morning and after work, give my brain an hour a day to itself to digest thoughts and make up new ones. I do not put plastic devices into my ears; I prefer not to be disturbed by neither music, podcasts nor news. The external impulses I get while walking are the singing of the birds, the blowing wind, the sounds made by people I pass... And, unfortunately, a fair amount of traffic noise on half of the walking distance. But I can live with that.
The last few weeks have made me lazy, heavy, I have put on weight, and I loose my breath much faster. If I had enough self discipline, I would of course have been walking 7 km a day even if I didn't have to do it to get to work. That's an extremely hypothetical situation. I really could use a dog - but then again, I have owned dogs, and know that they would suffer the day I go back to the office. So I am not going to get one, just to drag me out of my chair to walk it.
I guess office will open again, and then I will have my daily walks. But I am not expecting to be able to do the 3.5 km uphill in 30 minutes the first week I am back
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I have had by own IT business & worked from home for almost 30 years now, and love it. I miss the traffic on a morning and night, i miss pathetic office politics, i miss having to get suited and booted every day, i miss lack of freedom to allocate my time my way, I miss fixing legacy code problems from written by half wits, I miss repeating myself to juniors who think they know better, in fact i miss a lot, and it's all good - when you wage slaves finally go back, enjoy !!!
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Now, now, Don't wake the wage slaves up. They think it's special when they don't get their "Break" interrupted by "Work".
I love the expression "Suited and Booted".
I've been working remote for various clients in software for 10 plus years. ( it all happened after working at a company that had tables for desks, crap desktop computers, everybody in the same room including tech support and sales. After yet another week of putting in 12 hour days we got free Pizza,
that's it. but I'm over it now....... Kind of,,,,,,, Mostly.....,,,,,,, )
Now I have a "GREAT" team. We are all a big family although most of us have never met.
I LOVE my office setup with custom desk, lights, 5 computers "not including the Raspberry Pi's", and 4 monitors. I put in 8 to 9 hours a day and that is pretty much it.
If I had to say I missed anything it would be the white board discussions, but we now use Balsamic's and they are actually better because you have to organize your thoughts and the end results can be coded directly.... For the most part.
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There is a clearly defined time for work and personal time when you travel in to work.
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I run my own home based business, so I have worked from home for 26+ years now. I enjoy it and don't miss anything about going into an office. I have a fairly large desk, a comfy office chair and a separate room designated as my office. What is difficult is the fact that everything I deal with is now shut down, so I am effectively unemployed. I'm spending my time working on future projects, and there are many of those, so I should be kept busy for quite some time yet. It is actually giving me time to work uninterrupted, so I am a bit more productive than usual, just not making any money from any of it right now, and what is lost can never be recoverable 
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ok, but my coffee at home is way better...
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This is true... the fringe benefits that the office provide like coffee, milk, toilet paper are noticeable.
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Jacquers wrote: fringe benefits that the office provide like coffee, milk, toilet paper ...
You are supposed to buy it at the supermarket, not pick it up from the office 
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Our vending machines sells terrible coffee at twice (or ten times, depending on how I make it) the cost of coffee at home.
And I can correct it with a few drops of Rhum, at work is (justifiably) verboten.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Nothing beats an actual in-person, face-to-face conversation for communication.
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Agreed - but the essential part is the face. A good video conferencing system is a million times better than a phone conference or a multi-participant text/image based online discussion.
I worked on a distributed project where we never met physically for a kick-off meeting, but had two meetings a week where we "met around the table": acutally, it appeared as if our table extended into the screen, continuing in the table at the other side; we both had large screens. One essential thing: After each project meeting, we had a social off-work chat, telling about our private activities, talking about the weather and whatever. So when we first met physically, half a year into the project, it was as old friends knowing each others' manners and laughter and hangups
In the old days of mediocre telecom facilities, having a physical kick-off meeting was far more essential. But even in those days: My first distributed project based on video conferencing was in 1985. We started out with 5-part phone conferencing; that didn't work out at all. One of the participants was the Norwegian public phone company, offering video conferencing from their downtown facilities many years before it was generally available to business. Going from sound only to video was like coming out in the sunlight!
So, while not quite the same as physical face-to-face, video conferencing at its best comes so close that it certainly is worth the installation of a fiber connection
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I had been working from home most days for quite a while and then was exiled (by taking away my office for some big shot muckitymuck) to only working form home. That was at the end of January.
It is a common thread over the years that doing things to me can earn the doer's some really bad karma. Now that everyone works from home, no one has my office.
Mwah-hah-hah!
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I have been working from home for over 6 years now (remote/telecommute - separate home office). Mostly, contract assignments.
For me personally, working contract assignments has greatly reduced the office politics and crap one would have to endure otherwise. Greatly reduced, I did not say fully eliminate.
Working from home and not at the office, saves me tons of $$ on transportation, vehicle costs, etc. too.
-- I don't miss anything about not working at the office.
modified 18-May-20 6:01am.
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Same here. I've been working from home for almost 14 years, visiting the office no more than 6 days each year. My work is very self-contained and my employer recognises that I work best on my own (I'm high functioning autistic).
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I am a thousands times more productive at home than at an office.
However, working from home is not for everyone. Some adults need constant supervision in order to be productive.
modified 19-May-20 7:41am.
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I don't always work from home, but when I do I remote in to my workstation.
This can be flaky at times due to connection/lag. In addition, you don't always get a good visual replication, which can be a pain when working on design elements - particularly colours. Is that a #f00 or an #f01?!
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Both due to the idiotic new rules (can't move between offices at all - what good is it to me being among my coworkers if we can't exchange a single word?), to the 1.5 hours commute on halved public transportation (brilliant: how do we reduce overcrowding? Cancelling all the 7:30 - 9:30 trains!  They are usually packed with standing people, go figure now).
Going by car is elephanting expensive and there are no parkings whatsoever near work so I'd have to wake up even earlier than when I use the train and spend a lot more, as in 12€ per day just to get to work. I get 80...
Leave me at home for Godzilla's sake!
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
modified 18-May-20 7:02am.
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Ditto. My total commute is ~1.5 hours/day through potentially heavy traffic filled with idiots who have no idea what a directional signal is, nor that other people are on the road with them. Many words can describe it, "relaxing" is not one of them.
I'm loving a 35 step commute vs. the normal 34 miles ...
In addition, I save $140 USD/month in gas alone, not including wear-n-tear on the car.
I have my laptop + dual 24" monitors at home (we were allowed to bring our equipment home) so my setup is the same as the office. I chat with co-workers during the day, and use conference calls when voice is needed, so my work is pretty much the same.
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