When things are back to normal, will you be working from home or in an office?

In a year from now if the world has returned to "normal", do you see yourself working from home or an office, and do you have any say in the matter?

Comments

[Annie Taylor Chen]

As a female developer I can say one benefit is that I don't need to share the toilet with a bunch of guys, lol. (In Sweden gender-neutral toilet is very common).

Of course there are tons of other benefits, including doing housework during the break, not wasting time on commuting, eating healthier home-made food etc. In the end I had better concentration, became more productive, and found time to work out! I can't imagine going back to office... I would prefer to work remotely forever.

[Anthony Bouvier]

Home. Permanently.

The idea of going into an office and being there for the better part of my day sounds tremendously depressing.

My home has better light. More choices for seating. More comfortable seating. And I don't have to wear pants or have inane side conversations that constantly distract me from work.

[Jan Wedel]

I have mixed feelings.

I enjoy not having to commute and I like having my coffee machine at home. I also love to spend more time with my kids.

On the other hand: I miss social interactions, I miss the air condition in our office, I miss playing table soccer with my colleagues. Moreover, pair and mob programming just doesn’t work as well due to bad connections,
VPN and remote git handover.

So I kinda attempt to do more home office in the future with some fixed offices days to meet colleagues. Maybe some of the technical issues will be resolved...

[Nick Lewis]

I'm already back in the office. It's [fairly] normal, just with some extra safety measures for cleanliness and distance.

I too, like others, rather enjoyed working from home. I was just as, maybe more productive. I was less stressed. I loved not having to commute. I saved money, and the environment by not having to drive for a couple hours each day. Felt great.

I'd love to be in a situation where working from home would be more acceptable and possible within an agency environment. Whether that will be able to happen, I don't know.

[Thomas H Jones II]

COVID19's been all but a non-change in my life. I was already mostly remote - only going in for about once per week for 4-10 hours depending on mail backlog and production glitches that needed addressed. Since the lockdowns started, I was moved to a new, 100% remote project. So, even once the "all clear to return" is issued, I'll be (almost) fully work-from-home (with only occasional forays onsite for my old contract).

[Sylvain GIROD]

I moved 150km away from my office during lockdown in France, so I took this opportunity to get a 80% remote job.
I have to go to the office for the demo day and the spring planning only

[Szabi]

I can imagine having some days in the office when collaboration is key. For example at the beginning of a project when deciding on architecture, frameworks. Continuing, every now and again a dev meeting would be good when everybody is in the same room. Doing the actual coding from home, potentially loosening up the 9-5 hour window so that developers could work when they feel the most productive, would be a cool new way to consider.

Not sure how entry level developers feel about this? (Having someone to go to with questions physically is quite useful)

[Corey McCarty]

I'm currently in the garage which is isolated enough from everyone, but is getting hot with summer. New desk and chair ordered to go in the bedroom. Depending on how that works out, I may wind up enjoying working remote (in the AC). Ultimately my company is mostly in office, although people are allowed to move away and work remote.

[Eng Soon Cheah]

Work in Office. Because more human interaction.

[Daniel J. Summers]

I'll still be working from home, because once they figured out how to make us productive remotely, I asked about moving away, and my employer agreed. We closed on our new home this past Friday, and are looking forward to living where we want to live, after the US government told us where to live for the past 22 years. (retired from the military in February)