remote

After working from home for the most part of the year I don't think I could work from the office anymore. The productivity boost and focus I get at home is great. And on top of that the free time saved from commuting is a real luxury.

I believe it's good for the company too. There is always some wasted time at the office socializing and doing other non work related things. 

I'm one of the lucky ones who can work almost like normal during this time. Some might say I wasn't lucky as I can't just stay home doing nothing. But that would just drive me crazy. Not having anything to do just wouldn't work for me. And it's not just about the money.

It's just that when there is not much else to do, no clear separation from work time and free time I tend to work long hours. Filling the days with something to do keeps the thoughts away from the current situation.

I usually work longer days when remoting and balance those hours on office days. But that has become quite hard now that there are no office days. I have already accumulated several hours of overtime during the past two weeks. This week has also been exceptionally busy due a big project release preparations.

Usually my remote days are the quiet ones. I try to avoid any calls for those days. Or at least have one or two of the days that way. After I started doing three remote days per week on average there just wasn't enough time to put all the meetings on those two remaining office days.

Like many other modern IT companies we haven't had much of trouble switching over to working full remote. We've had the remote first policy right from the start, so this is nothing new in general. I'm certain that every one of my colleagues has worked remotely more than once just during the month before all this.