If I were 5 minutes walk from the office, I would walk there because it provides better separation from work. It would be much easier to tell the boss “sorry boss, I am not at the office and thus I cannot take a look”. Not that my current dayjob has much of this, but, structurally, it would make it much better.
On the other hand, at home I get the benefits of peace and quiet. I am going to be on calls with remote people anyway, so I would rather not deal with echos, or noise from other people having their meetings. I also realize that I am a bigger bother in person because I will do the in-person equivalent of shooting off a slack message. A slack message can be snoozed. I cannot be snoozed when I talk to the person next to me. And, sure, I try not to, but it is a thing I do.
I am currently 100% remote, though, and it is one of the reasons I am not even attempting to look for another job. I get so much flexibility because I can just take my laptop with me and work from wherever the internet hotspot allows.
Personally, it entirely depends on:
If I were 5 minutes walk from the office, I would walk there because it provides better separation from work. It would be much easier to tell the boss “sorry boss, I am not at the office and thus I cannot take a look”. Not that my current dayjob has much of this, but, structurally, it would make it much better.
On the other hand, at home I get the benefits of peace and quiet. I am going to be on calls with remote people anyway, so I would rather not deal with echos, or noise from other people having their meetings. I also realize that I am a bigger bother in person because I will do the in-person equivalent of shooting off a slack message. A slack message can be snoozed. I cannot be snoozed when I talk to the person next to me. And, sure, I try not to, but it is a thing I do.
I am currently 100% remote, though, and it is one of the reasons I am not even attempting to look for another job. I get so much flexibility because I can just take my laptop with me and work from wherever the internet hotspot allows.