I don't miss the office at all. I work for a contracting company, so I rarely work directly with my co-workers anyway. They were often more of a distraction than anything.
I started with my company as a junior almost four years ago (my first development position) and after figuring out I could work remotely a few months in, I only went back on days I felt like it. I haven't had any issue with getting work done, impressing clients, or advancing my career.
I think many of the social reasons for encouraging people to come to the office don't fully apply for our company. Our system was already built to support remote work because it's structured around us traveling to client sites about 4 days per week anyway. Our office probably wouldn't support 100% return to office even if it was encouraged. We have a new policy that even allows people to request 1-6 month "transfers" that will allow them to work remotely from another country (many rules apply, don't expect to get work from the Bahamas 😆).
So far none of my projects have wanted to pay for me to travel, so here I am working from home for the past 3+ years, and I love my job.
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I don't miss the office at all. I work for a contracting company, so I rarely work directly with my co-workers anyway. They were often more of a distraction than anything.
I started with my company as a junior almost four years ago (my first development position) and after figuring out I could work remotely a few months in, I only went back on days I felt like it. I haven't had any issue with getting work done, impressing clients, or advancing my career.
I think many of the social reasons for encouraging people to come to the office don't fully apply for our company. Our system was already built to support remote work because it's structured around us traveling to client sites about 4 days per week anyway. Our office probably wouldn't support 100% return to office even if it was encouraged. We have a new policy that even allows people to request 1-6 month "transfers" that will allow them to work remotely from another country (many rules apply, don't expect to get work from the Bahamas 😆).
So far none of my projects have wanted to pay for me to travel, so here I am working from home for the past 3+ years, and I love my job.