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In the United States, the past decade has been marked by booming cities, soaring rents, and a crush of young workers flocking to job-rich downtowns. Although these are heady days for pavement-pounding urbanists, a record 2.6% of American employees now go to their jobs without ever leaving their houses. That's more than walk and bike to work combined.
These numbers come from a Quartz analysis of data from the US census and the American Community Survey. The data show that telecommuting has grown faster than any other way of getting to workâup 159% since 2000. By comparison, the number of Americans who bike to work has grown by 86% over the same period, while the number who drive or carpool has grown by only 12%. We've excluded both part-time and self-employed workers from these and all results.
I'd work from home, but there's no foosball table and the coffee sucks...
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Saturday April 15 2017, @09:08PM (2 children)
It's a pretty neat idea. But this also means that you have no personal excuse to not show up when agreed upon. Jobs that pay livable wages tend to balance themselves out in terms of work:lazy ratio. i.e. the convenience is a trade for something else.
For example, I have not slept in literally centuries and lost about 30 lbs. Not that I blame my employer. It's completely self-induced. I am very poor at resisting the workaholic tendencies of our field. Working from home can be either the best or worst thing for you depending on how you see yourself.
Wouldn't trade it though. My productivity and contentment (in as much as that exists) have improved. My GI tract can't handle more anxiety than I already have anyway. Surprised at the growth though. Certainly not for everyone.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Sunday April 16 2017, @03:27AM
Depends on your home environment. Right now I have demanding family members who will not give me a moment's peace if I try to work from home. It wasn't always like that, and for a year I did work from home. Not having to commute in rush hour is gold, and I happily accepted a 10% pay cut for that perk.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @09:16AM
I am a self employed workaholic and insomniac who works from home. It is a dreadful combination that basically consumes my life. But if I opened an "office" I would still end up working from home when I wasn't at the office.
The dangers of working from home are that it can slowly squeeze out everything else. Having a "demanding family", as bzipitidoo noted below, is actually a safety mechanism ensuring some form of a balanced life.
YMMV