• @jordanlundM
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    5311 months 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. ;)

    • Flying Squid
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      1511 months ago

      I drive 1 day a week for groceries, prescriptions, and comic books.

      I mean you have to pick up necessities.

      Also, groceries and prescriptions.

      • @jordanlundM
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        711 months ago

        Well, they aren’t going to buy themselves. :)

    • @Crackhappy
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      1011 months ago

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

      • @jordanlundM
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        1211 months 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.

        • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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          611 months ago

          And even if you do get pulled into a meeting that should be an email, you can multitask on the Zoom call

          • @[email protected]
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            211 months ago

            The best is when you multitask during a meeting and put two hours down on the ol time sheet because if I have to even listen to you then I’m working on that thing as well.

      • Flying Squid
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        711 months ago

        I would love to miss the social interactions. I am out on FMLA after being obviously sick for months. Did one single person at the office other than my boss even say “get well soon?” Fuck them.

      • @_wizard
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        311 months ago

        Same. I miss donuts in the break room.