• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    2 years ago

    True story:

    I started working from home following a heart attack and open heart surgery at the end of 2018. 2019 was one complication after another, but I was finally cleared to return to the office in 2020 - just in time to go back home for covid.

    This month is 5 years WFH. I drive 1 day a week for groceries, prescriptions, and comic books.

    After doing it for 3 years, I had saved enough money to buy a house. Got that sweet 3.25% interest rate too!

    So, yeah, bad for commercial real estate, for me it was pretty good for residential real estate. ;)

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      2 years ago

      I’ve been fully wfh since 2015. I do miss the social interactions but I’m much more productive at home.

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        2 years ago

        I don’t, but then I’m antisocial. ;)

        And yeah, you do get more done when you aren’t pulled into meetings that could have been emails.

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        2 years ago

        I don’t. I really couldn’t stand the people who would stand next to my desk having a 6 hour conversation with me or others sitting next to me.