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I go into work every day. I wish I could work remotely. But I don't, because I find I hate every time I'm forced to interact with the people who do.

Working remotely makes you a pain in the ass to interact with.

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Half my team is remote, including my lead test engineer, product owner, and UI developer. My manager works remote 2-3 days per week. None are a pain in the ass to interact with.

Remote work can work, but it takes effort, both on the part of the employees (to be available, have good internet connections, etc) AND the employer (to provide quality tooks to interact with remotes).

You may not be working at a place where remote work is part of the culture. When everyone is remote, the tools and processes are built around it and it no longer feels like a “pain in the ass”.

In my experience, even in those places (I've worked in two so far), it's still a pain in the ass.

Exactly - in my organization, 9/10 times coworkers from the same floor of the same building join the zoom/webex rather than walk to the meeting room.

In that culture, being home 2 days out of 5 is no problem. Being 100% remote (like some of our folks) seems to work out fine (though I will admit being 100% remote as a manager is not as feasible).

We all wear headsets and despite a somewhat "open" office layout, it manages to work out decently (thru proper usage of mute and pausing screen).

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