• @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    548 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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      158 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.

    • @Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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      108 months ago

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

      • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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        138 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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          68 months ago

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

          • @remus989@sh.itjust.works
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            28 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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        78 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.