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I know this will vary a lot, so hypothetically let’s say you currently WFH/work remotely at least 3 days a week. Your commute to work takes an hour max (door to door) each way. If you were given the choice of a 4 day week working onsite, or a 5 day week WFH (or as many days as you’d like) for the same pay, which would you choose?

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I have done it both ways actually and I would take the 5 days WFH because I could still do the same amount of work in both scenarios and get paid the same. And on my "extra" 5th day of WFH I can just pretend to work and do whatever anyway.

Even if I had to actually work more, I'd still do WFH instead of commuting to the office because the commute and office + city experience just suck that much more.

It depends on a lot of factors, like how my productivity is measured, how long is the commute, etc. but in general I'd pick the 4 days in the office.

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Wfh for sure

[–] KHTangent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

4 days on-site. I like the mental separation by having a completely separate space for work, and I enjoy talking to my colleagues. I don't see many people outside of work, so I need the social interaction. And the lunches at work are usually much healthier than something I'd cook up myself, so that's also a plus.

I have tried to work from home a few days, but don't really like it at all.

[–] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Gross. You needy people sicken me.

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[–] Stuka@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I work 3 days a week WFH...so neither?

[–] nicman24@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago
[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I don't mind the one hour commute, I did it for 3 years going to college and my first job and I think 3 day weekends are the perfect amount of time between work weeks. Then again, I love the freedom of WFH. I can't choose.

[–] vitriolix@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are a contractor you can do both :)

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[–] arin@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah 4 day WFH sounds great, IDK what the difference in onsite makes lol you just go onsite to zoom meeting anyways

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