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Working from Home: Why It Sucks 2929 Responses
Last post: 9 months ago | Thread started: May 26, 09, 6:05 p.m.
- BannedKappa
A must read, I can totally relate to this article having worked from home for myself for the past 4-5 years.
Quote from article -
"It’s not just a matter of feeling lonely: all kinds of emotions depend on regular, face-to-face human interaction, and you run a serious risk of becoming unproductive, uninspired, and even depressed without it."- May 26, 09, 6:05 p.m. – Permalink
- sublocked
i agree. it fucks with your head. been working from home, for myself, by myself for about 3 years now. i get depressed and weird sometimes.
it helps to get out of the house, take 3-4 days off at a time, and generally make it a point to have other regular interaction with human beings.
a healthy routine helps. lots of regular exercise, dinner with friends...less drinking.
- Dog-earMay 26, 09, 6:26 p.m. – Permalink
- sublocked
^^ forgot to mention have clearly defined goals & clearly defined times you work and don't.
when you work at home it's easy to work 24/7, or work here and there and feel like you SHOULD be working 24/7 because you're always distracted.
set a goal and accomplish it without distracting yourself. reward yourself with time off when you're done. easy to say, hard to do. you have to be disciplined.
this might be OCD, but i find a clean house helps too. if my place is all fucked up and disorganized i can't think straight or get any work done.
- Dog-earMay 26, 09, 6:31 p.m. – Permalink
- uberdesigner
the only escape is if you go to a cafe to work. you get to know the people. it helps even more so if you have a chain of cafes to frequent. that's what I did when I freelanced.
- Dog-earMay 26, 09, 6:31 p.m. – Permalink
- itsmitch
Shared office space is the solution. Get together with other small business owners/freelancers and share an office space. Put a few logos on the door, divide your space and you even get to share electricity/internet costs, etc. You get to be your own boss and still have somebody to talk to during the day.
- Dog-earMay 26, 09, 6:37 p.m. – Permalink
- monkeyshine
I love working from home. It makes me feel more social outside of work. When I'm around people all day long, 5 days a week, the last thing I want to do is see more people.
- Dog-earMay 26, 09, 6:40 p.m. – Permalink
- version3
working at home does not equal having to live a hobbits existence. i had a meeting downtown just today. he and i were treated to two girls in the vintage store trying on dresses by the window for what seemed to be our enjoyment. yay teenaged panties on semi public display. on a side note... not being able to act on this flirtation made me feel old :(
- Dog-earMay 26, 09, 7:15 p.m. – Permalink
- Scotch_Roman
I like working from home when my wife is here and my son isn't screaming; but when my wife works and one of our moms are watching the baby, man does it get freakishly quiet around here. After a few hours I start to go stir crazy. Going to the gym in the middle of the day helps break the silence. It's weird, I love being alone but working alone for an entire 8–10 hour day kinda creeps me out sometimes.
- Dog-earMay 26, 09, 7:49 p.m. – Permalink
- Peter
Pft.
Humans are horrible.
I say less face to face communication is what we need.
I can't stand pretending to like the people I work with, the charade of niceness everyone at work have act along with, not to mention the stale talk in the elevator or the pretentious talk by the watercooler.Perhaps because people can't use profantities at work. Perhaps because they're genuinely boring. Or maybe the hours of overwork they put in carved them hollow.
Or more likely, it's these good damn suits.
Everybody is in them. Even I.- Dog-earMay 26, 09, 8:21 p.m. – Permalink
- BuddhaHat
Haha, this is funny. I work in an office, and am working from home tomorrow because other staff wouldn't give me enough time to complete my work. Due to my hectic work environment, I'm actually looking forward to working in complete solitude.
When I was 18 I worked night-shift in a data centre, I was the only person in the building with racks and racks of servers to keep me company, and jesus god it was boring. I totally understand anyone who needs a little face-to-face interaction from time to time; it reminds you you're part of the human race.
- Dog-earMay 27, 09, 1:48 a.m. – Permalink
- hitsuji
Working from home would have to be better than the converted offices i worked in at my last job. the place looked old and depressing and really dark and i had to shift my chair everytime someone walked passed. Saying that though, I dont have that much room to work from home. I need a wife and a house.
- Dog-earMay 27, 09, 5:19 a.m. – Permalink
- Horp
I've never found a problem with a lack of motivation working by myself. I don't work at home any more but when I did I was able to stay focussed and motivated and didn't succumb to distractions.
What I did find working from home was that I became sort of institutionalised... psychologically housebound. I started to find it very difficult going outside and I got very paranoid about sounds from outside.
- Dog-earMay 27, 09, 5:23 a.m. – Permalink
- mikotondria3
oh god yeh, sounds outside - a van or car pulls up, and you hear footsteps....FUCK OFF ! FUCK OFF ! ....you're panickly thinking, who are you, what do you want, leave me alone....
Then the horrific and mortifying crash of the doorbell...fuck!! fuck !! theres someone on my property, wanting something...who are they ? are they dangerous ? am I in trouble ? will they smash their way in and kill me if I don't answer ? Will they kill me if I do answer ? Do they know I'm here ? ok - sneak a look from another room - just....peep....so they can't......
oh! the van door closed...they've driven off...maybe there's a note..
ah..
ah, ok - a small package.
Phew - just my wife's makeup she got off eBay.
I wish she wouldn't do that.Scares the crap out of me.
- Dog-earMay 27, 09, 9:14 a.m. – Permalink
