Every job I've ever worked, my teams have been split across countries so transitioning to working from home was fairly seamless for me, because I've always operated under the assumption that not everyone is in one spot.
But it meant tons of things:
* I get to sleep longer which has helped my epilepsy greatly
* I am not spending 3-4 hours a day commuting which means I spend more of my time being productive
* I can spend some of that time walking my dog and cooking meals for my wife, so I'm healthier now than I was.
* Seeing my wife and dog for more of my day is just pleasant.
* Being able to listen to music and work on things consistently without being bothered in person, since most of our communication is over slack now.
* Since communication has moved to slack for impromptu stuff, it means I can interact with far more people in the company than before.
* not commuting to meetings.
Whether that's down the hall, in another building or across town. I no longer have to spend my time in between meetings trying to rush to the next one.
* Being able to work during meetings. Honestly most meetings don't require a person to be involved for the entire duration. So as long as I pay attention, I can continue doing other low attention things in the background. Like kicking off builds and debugging smaller things. Earlier they'd eat into my non meeting time, but now I can do more things in parallel.
Every job I've ever worked, my teams have been split across countries so transitioning to working from home was fairly seamless for me, because I've always operated under the assumption that not everyone is in one spot.
But it meant tons of things:
* I get to sleep longer which has helped my epilepsy greatly
* I am not spending 3-4 hours a day commuting which means I spend more of my time being productive
* I can spend some of that time walking my dog and cooking meals for my wife, so I'm healthier now than I was.
* Seeing my wife and dog for more of my day is just pleasant.
* Being able to listen to music and work on things consistently without being bothered in person, since most of our communication is over slack now.
* Since communication has moved to slack for impromptu stuff, it means I can interact with far more people in the company than before.
* not commuting to meetings. Whether that's down the hall, in another building or across town. I no longer have to spend my time in between meetings trying to rush to the next one.
* Being able to work during meetings. Honestly most meetings don't require a person to be involved for the entire duration. So as long as I pay attention, I can continue doing other low attention things in the background. Like kicking off builds and debugging smaller things. Earlier they'd eat into my non meeting time, but now I can do more things in parallel.