5 years ago I had an opportunity to work from home for 6 months and it drove me nuts! I guess I'm built in a way that I thrive on human-to-human interaction. Limiting myself to just digital communication actually made me sad.
Company should optimize for happiness. So for people like me, have an office. For people who thrive on working remotely, it should do everything it can to make them comfortable. I don't think there's a right or wrong approach. Just optimize for your workforce.
Yeah, if I recall correctly, 37Signals does have an office and a handful of employees do work out of the office. 37Signals clearly knows how to optimize for happiness and efficiency.
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5 years ago I had an opportunity to work from home for 6 months and it drove me nuts! I guess I'm built in a way that I thrive on human-to-human interaction. Limiting myself to just digital communication actually made me sad.
Company should optimize for happiness. So for people like me, have an office. For people who thrive on working remotely, it should do everything it can to make them comfortable. I don't think there's a right or wrong approach. Just optimize for your workforce.
Absolutely. Jason and DHH talk about that quite a bit in the book.
If you read the book, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.
Yeah, if I recall correctly, 37Signals does have an office and a handful of employees do work out of the office. 37Signals clearly knows how to optimize for happiness and efficiency.