I've been remote for well over a decade. When COVID hit, I barely acknowledged it as far as work. Last year, I took a hybrid job because I had literally forgotten how much I hated the office life. Quite honestly I'm job hunting for fully remote again. Having to get ready early for work, having to wear REAL clothes instead of my tee shirt and shorts, a commute of an hour minimum each way, and the fact that I have no poker face during meetings has made this just a mess on my life.
I had been fully remote for so long, I did not really have a car. I've been using the family truck and the gas mileage was no big deal when most of my trips were under 10 miles. Now, it's a different story. Here's hoping my AI + Cloud certifications will get me back to fully remote.
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Good luck with your "Return to Home" Kathleen. Looking into past, I remember back in 2018 I was dreaming of working remote full time. At that time, I had only worked single days from home when extricty necessary, but the culture from my country were absolutely against remote work at that time. Only after COVID things started to change a little bit, but as I've mentioned in the post, looks like the companies are forgetting all the benefits for both sides, or they want to pay rent on offices. I don't get why they are changing it now and I'll be working on my best to never go back to an office, except for a happy hour with my team mates if this happens someday, but we don't need an office for that, we need a bar/restaurant :D
I've been remote for well over a decade. When COVID hit, I barely acknowledged it as far as work. Last year, I took a hybrid job because I had literally forgotten how much I hated the office life. Quite honestly I'm job hunting for fully remote again. Having to get ready early for work, having to wear REAL clothes instead of my tee shirt and shorts, a commute of an hour minimum each way, and the fact that I have no poker face during meetings has made this just a mess on my life.
I had been fully remote for so long, I did not really have a car. I've been using the family truck and the gas mileage was no big deal when most of my trips were under 10 miles. Now, it's a different story. Here's hoping my AI + Cloud certifications will get me back to fully remote.
Good luck with your "Return to Home" Kathleen. Looking into past, I remember back in 2018 I was dreaming of working remote full time. At that time, I had only worked single days from home when extricty necessary, but the culture from my country were absolutely against remote work at that time. Only after COVID things started to change a little bit, but as I've mentioned in the post, looks like the companies are forgetting all the benefits for both sides, or they want to pay rent on offices. I don't get why they are changing it now and I'll be working on my best to never go back to an office, except for a happy hour with my team mates if this happens someday, but we don't need an office for that, we need a bar/restaurant :D
Igor, thank you for the wishes!