I’ve never had a WFH job and I generally don’t think I’d personally want/be successful with one. My sister is fully remote and she actually hates it, but I think its more the job she doesn’t like than the WFH aspect. She says its lonely and isolating on top of disliking her daily tasks. I’m not anti WFH for others at all, to absolutely clear.
Yes. Im way more efficient at home. Less offfice bullshit.
No commute or shitty weather.
Roll out of bed and online in seconds, just open the laptop lid, leave it in suspend.
My food and can cook a proper meal.
Also can throw on a wash or whatever during the day.
Being home when my packages get delivered is also a nice bonus too! And where I live, I have to deal with a lot of snow. Normally this would be a pain in the ass, but when you work from home, you get to it when you feel like it.
Through the comments so far the lack of commute would be the biggest plus for me personally. I work in a power plant about 35 mins from my house. So, no matter the weather I absolutely need to be in, sometimes that has meant sleeping there.
People who socialize in the office hate wfh
People who socialize outside of the office love wfh
People who don’t socialise at all also love wfh
Thats pretty fair.
I love it and I’m never going back.
- I save myself the commute (time, gas).
- In closer to my son’s daycare, so it’s easier to pick him up of something spontaneously comes up.
- I’m near my dog throughout the day.
- I have the fridge close to me. ;-)
- I can do the laundry or start the vacuum robot at convenient times.
- I have less interruptions by blergh people.
- I don’t have to sit with my back towards the office door, which in turn was adjacent to the men’s room.
- I can wear casual legwear.
- Better coffee.
- My three person office at work is empty anyway, because my colleagues commuted from further apart and are happy about WFH as well. So my options are a) sit alone in my office at home or b) sit alone in my office at work.
- I’m here for deliveries throughout the day.
- I don’t have that loneliness/isolation issue going, but I do see that it’s wildly different among people; some are made for WFH and some need the office to be happy.
EDIT to add, because it’s an important factor and I read it in the answers:
- shitting on your own toilet, with proper toilet tissue, even through remote meetings.
I never thought of the toilet thing but thats so fucking true!
I would add the ability to use a bidet. Travel bidets exist, but the ideal just feels gross and embarrassing.
Working from home: Bidet yaaaay
Office: I bring my own toilet tissue because every bathroom is a nightmare
Your own toilet and good toilet paper instead of the cheapest waxy one-ply 🙏 your own control over the AC/heat instead of freezing/sweating 🙏 never having to smell someone heating up fish in the microwave 🙏
I’m 100% remote and love it
There’s no bidet at work
For anyone who has to go in to work and suffer without a bidet, I find this worked well:
Phenomenal points.
I’d say not having to commute is a huge benefit of WFH, but it has some pitfalls that can negatively impact your work performance depending on what you do.
Unquestionably yes. My coffee doesn’t taste like shit, and my PJs are far more comfortable than any office attire imaginable.
I’ve been WFH since 2020, and it’s working well for me.
There are some obvious benefits such as not having a commute, being able to do laundry during breaks and always being there when a package arrives.
Some maybe less obvious advantages I personally enjoy is being able to eat whenever, meaning a quick snack but also my lunch, and wearing less appealing but way more comfortable clothes.
Oh, and shitting in my own toilet. While getting paid for it. Definitely that.
I’m not gonna dismiss the potential challenges, though. It works well for me because I don’t mind being alone and I’m lucky to have a spare room to use as an office. Without those two factors it could easily enter suck territory.
Not having to wear my work uniform would be sweet as hell.
Yes. Cat.
Really one day I realized I rather eat lunch with my cats than any of my coworkers and have never looked back
Yes, been 100% WFH since 2015. I do miss the random chats in hallways, lunch room, etc, but definitely not worth going back to an office. I am far more effective at home.
From home since epidemic started and I would want to hug covid if it was a person.
My productivity in office was always low. Too many distractions, too many inconveniences. Then there is an issue with getting to the office - it’s an additional hour of my life they are not paying extra for. And of course - at home I can work while doing simple chores. But the most important is that I can be with my daughters, instead of being just another father that spends half a day at work and the other half sleeping.
WFH is awesome.
Can take breaks from work to drop off/pick up kid from school. Saving like 15% of my paycheque that would go to daycare otherwise.
Car insurance is cheaper, because no matter how much I drive I’m not commuting to work so the insurance company counts me as “occasional driver”.
I can loudly and violently swear at bullshit emails.
I can listen to my own music on speakers while working.
Minor cons though:
I’m getting weirder due to the lack of minor social interactions that otherwise I’d get on the bus, sidewalk, office, cafe, so on.
Some cabin fever from being in the same space all day. I live in an apartment so I don’t have a separate room for my work computer. Turn off work computer, turn on personal computer, and it’s the same screens while I sit in the same chair. On the other hand this does motivate me to get outside after work to exercise or do errands.
Working from home, no commute, no clothes, no travel time, no car, easy food.
It’s so efficient, it’s crazy.
There is real value to working not-at-home, but working from home outweighs it in 99% of situations.
The reality is, and has been, and should be:
LISTEN TO AND TRUST PEOPLE WHEN THEY TELL YOU THEY LIKE OR DON’T LIKE SOMETHING.
As others have said, working from home has many benefits
- no commute
- save time
- save money
- less risk of disease and accident
- often easier child care options
- greater control over environment
- offices are often too hot or cold for some
- stock own food, drinks, toilet paper, etc
- better pet access. Cat on lap. Dog walk easier.
- easier wardrobe
- several distraction categories removed
- people walking up to your desk
- loud meetings
The commute alone is pretty big. If your commute is like an hour, that’s changing your salary from like $x / 10 hours to $x / 8 hours. That’s a big bump. If your daily pay was $1000, that’s like going from $100/hour to $125/hour.
- no commute
I love it. No commute, optional shower, no pants. I’m not a very big pants guy, and that’s a huge seller.
Trousers are a government conspiracy
I have a sick setup at home. Plus all the conveniences others mentioned already.
But really, it’s being with the family, seeing your kids during the day. I don’t want to just come home when they’re already asleep.





