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I'm still nearly 100% remote. We have like two events a year we need to show up at in person.
I would change jobs again if this changes; my goal is to move out to the countryside in another 2.5 to 3 years and do some small-scale farming and such, and there are really no IT jobs in the Japanese Countryside that are anywhere near what I do now in terms of interesting content, competent management, and pay.
Wow! Where in Japan would you go to farm? What type of farm are you thinking about?
Full remote. Can’t imagine going back to an office at this point. There are good days and bad days with distractions. It takes a decent amount of restraint to not do random tasks around the house.
I get easily distracted as well. I battle this by using the Pomodoro productivity method. This fits my short attention span AND allows me distraction time.
I've been remote since 2016. It was unofficial until 2019 when they closed a number of offices globally, including my home office, and moved those they were keeping to official remote designation. They've not asked those remote workers back but anyone that was in-office prior to COVID-19 does have to go in at least 3 days a week.
Had my company write me being full remote into my contract next negotiation cycle.
That way they can’t take it away.
Still happy being remote. So much more flexibility. Sometimes I take an hour break and take a nap. Completely impossible in office.
Heh, my old job had a nap area adjacent to the employee breakroom. It wasn't a typical office though, it was in the medical industry with long and divergent shifts.
been fully remote since 2008. It was fun to watch everyone else learn how to do that :)
Our studio is still allowing remote work. I’m one of the freaks that likes to come in and see everyone (I’ve been working with some of these people for almost 20 years).I miss seeing everybody. I don’t like working remote myself. I wish more people were coming in. But I understand the appeal of avoiding the commute.
I'm technically hybrid, but I haven't been to the office in over a month. I only go in if there're important meetings.
Software engineer here. Been WFH since before COVID, now in my third WFH position. My current company let go of the leases on all its offices. There would be a mutiny if they tried to make us come back.
We've hired a very geographically diverse team over the past couple years so most of us wouldn't even have a location to work from, even if the company hadn't let go of its leases.
I'm still remote. The company forced everyone to go back 3 days a week, but it was too big of a pain for me with child care being an issue (3 year old and 5 year old). So I applied for permanent WFH and they are sitting on my application. The CTO told me that the heads of the company are not giving permanent WFH for anyone without a medical reason. He did say that he would extend my return to office date until next year, though, so at least by then my 3 year-old will be in preschool.
All in all I'm considering leaving for a permanent WFH position. The work-life balance is just way better when you have small kids.
I've been full time remote since 2021. Been loving it since I'm a hermit and an introvert.
I've made almost no change in lifestyle or routine. I work in a pharma/biotech-adjacent industry.
Technically hybrid but have been full remote for the most of the year thanks to a neck injury. Commuting on the train wrecks me from my neck jostling around.
I've been remote over four different roles with my current organisation and have had zero reason to ever set foot in the office.
Sorry, about your neck injury. That sucks.
My team is hybrid, but I try and be in office most days! I’m lucky that my manager doesn’t mind if we do work from home when things come up.
As long as the work gets done, that’s what matters! Which is how I honestly think it should be.
I started a job during the pandemic that doesn't even have an office in my province so I'm not going back to the office. I'm super happy about it, I can't even picture myself being in an office anymore. I have so much more free time without having the commute and being able to do chores while on the clock
I love that I am not on anyone else's schedule.
I'm fully remote, in software development. It's very helpful for me to be able to pick up my kids from school, and get back to work while they do homework. I used to have an elaborate system orchestrating pick-up and transportation to a daycare service.
Lots of small software companies have taken a remote-by-default approach the last few years. That means job openings are often not limited by geography. I'm working for a company that doesn't have an office on my side of the continent. For companies that means they can throw a wide net to pick up people with very specific skills.
I think the downside is that mentorship becomes difficult. An all-remote company I worked for before the shutdown said they found it only works well for senior-level engineers or above. I learned a lot of what I know from the guy who used to sit next to me at my first job. I'm not sure if there's a good replacement for that for new devs. There is still collaboration in my current job, but it's limited by the friction of video calls, and timezone mismatches.
Mid-pandemic I changed gigs to a 100% remote gig out of state, so they really can't force me to come back to the office when it's a 20 hour commute to a place I've never been!
On a more serious note, my gig may expect >40 hours/week (which I rarely give more than 2-3 at most), but they're at least 100% on the idea of remote collaboration. They downsized the office for this reason and give people the option of coming in, but only people that actually have to physically be in the office to do work are required to go in.
I'm still full remote.
On a very rare occasion, I might have to go into the office, but otherwise I'm working from home.
During covid I learned I really enjoyed working from home, so I talked about it with my employer.
At first I only got day or 2 at home per week, but eventually I was allowed to work fully from home.
I'm fully remote now. During covid I was working somewhere else. They forced everyone to go back to a hybrid model, where we were expected to share small workspaces with three or four other coworkers with a rotating schedule. There was no reason for someone in my position to be in the office. It was not ideal. After a few weeks I ended up putting in my notice and found another fully remote position. It's wonderful. I love working from home.
My employer forced us back to the office Tuesday through Thursday. The person who made the decision is a VP who works 100% from home. My office of only ten people are already "remote" from the home office across the country. We worked fully remote for two years during the pandemic with no issues.