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Company I work for is remote-only and has been for years.

Since they already had that in place the pandemic didn't really hit them from an organisational point of view.

The reason I was so interested in the job (other than the fact the work is interesting) was because they where remote-only before pandemic - so there was no risk of "right, it's over, everyone back in the building".

I'm not sure what someone would have to offer me at this point to get me back in an office tbh.

Working how you want, with everything setup how you want is just a no-brainer.

Of course there are challenges to working remotely but on balance they are no worse (or somewhat better) than working on site.



> with everything setup how you want is just a no-brainer.

I had an earlier comment on how those against WFH might change their mind if they had a good chair. It might work in reverse too.

The office might be far less annoying to people if they had a budget for equipment or at least got high quality equipment.


YMMV, but I've never not had reasonably high-quality equipment in an office. When one startup went under, I bought my set of it and now it is in my home office. It is a significant contributing factor to really, really wanting to work remotely now, because there isn't a lot of "up" for me on that front.

Also, I have a porch ten steps from my desk.


And a window where you can see hummingbirds and crows and toddlers. And get some fresh air.


I kept hearing birds during the remote period. So much chirping that I never really realized existed.


Private offices might be another worthwhile incentive




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