35 Best Perks Of Not Having To Go To The Office That Many People Don’t Even Speak About

A little over a week ago, the user itsatravelod asked netizens: "What’s an unspoken perk of working remotely?" and was the first to offer her version: "Using your own bathroom." The discussion turned out to be very interesting and lively—today the thread has over 11.1K likes and more than 1.5K various comments from people, both remote workers and those who cannot imagine working outside the office. And we present you with the most reasonable points from this discussion.

In fact, remote work has existed since the Internet became a fairly widespread phenomenon, but it was the pandemic that spurred the development of various services to make this work truly as comfortable as possible. Both for employers and employees—and today many workers do not want to return to offices. Even despite the numerous and varied bonuses.

However, every coin has two sides—and despite the many obvious advantages of working from home, there are also negative aspects. For example, a Buffer study notes that 19% of remote workers cite loneliness as their biggest problem. The thing is that staying at home for a long time leads to less social interaction. Anxiety levels are also increasing.

In addition, another recent study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health confirms that with the mass transition to remote work, light physical activity among respondents decreased by 26%, and moderate and intense physical activity, even more—by 20%. Perhaps the answer lies in a reasonable combination of remote and office work.

"I have been working remotely since the very first days of the pandemic, and now it’s quite difficult to return to the office—a whole set of habits associated with working from home has developed," says Nick Pruchkovsky, a QA engineer from Ukraine, with whom Bored Panda got in touch for a comment here.

"Of course, remote work allows you to do much more than an office job—but sometimes I caught myself thinking that it’s still [darn] relaxing. The solution for me was to set up my workspace at home in such a way that it resembles an office—only more comfortable and cozy. And it’s very important not to let yourself get carried away by various chores—because productivity will drop sharply."

"As for social interaction—personally, I constantly go for a walk in the evenings, meet with my friends, go to trivia quizzes at the pubs. Although, of course, the level of physical activity in recent years, it seems to me, has still decreased. Despite all the efforts," Nick honestly admits.

Perhaps the most important advantage of remote work is that you don’t actually need to spend a lot of time getting to the office. And this is actually emphasized by many workers around the world. I think you will agree with this, too. Although, it seems to me that each of us who has ever worked remotely for at least a couple of days has our own point of view. So, we’ll be glad if you share your opinion in the comments to this post.