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Remote work is great and all... because that's our only option.

In the long term, I suspect there may be a greater inclination towards remote work, not as much as this report suggests, but overall work at office is here to stay.

I need to go outside and have a physical seperation between work and home.

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Imagine if it were the norm though. You could move out of the Bay Area and afford a home with a dedicated office space. I worked remotely for 17 years and I found ways to create a separation. Sadly, I fear you are right though - there may be a slightly larger WFH push, but inertia of management by proximity will still be the norm.

Or get an office in a co-working facility of some sort. Most of my remote colleagues do work out of their house but I've known people who wanted to create that separation and weren't near a company office so they rented a space. Sometimes companies will even pay for that. (Don't know our policy.)

Well, not a GitLab you couldn't because they'll cut your salary tremendously (40% if I moved to my second home in Oregon). Oregon is a whole lot cheaper than the Bay area, but it's not 40% cheaper.

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