Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston, Cambridge: run, regular, native)

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by TheGoodTheBadTheUgly

Great article on how our corrupt Governor and elite governing class is destroying the state!





https://wrko.iheart.com/featured/kuh...ever-lockdown/

iheart is Clear Channel. Right wing propaganda radio. Why not just give us a link for InfoWars?

[NewfieMama]

Maybe this is more relevant for a real estate thread, but it is a direct result of Coronavirus, so I'll ask:

As we've talked about before, it seems that one of the results of us staying home for months on end is that businesses are embracing remote work.

If your company allowed you to work from home indefinitely, would you consider moving?

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by TheGoodTheBadTheUgly

Great article on how our corrupt Governor and elite governing class is destroying the state!

https://wrko.iheart.com/featured/kuh...ever-lockdown/

Earlier you mentioned that people have sometimes been disrespectful in response to some of your posts. This is why. It's pure, unadulterated far-right political propaganda (if they start using words like "RINO," there's your sign). You should be able to see and identify it as such. You cannot regurgitate this garbage and expect that people aren't going to respond negatively.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by NewfieMama

Maybe this is more relevant for a real estate thread, but it is a direct result of Coronavirus, so I'll ask:

As we've talked about before, it seems that one of the results of us staying home for months on end is that businesses are embracing remote work.

If your company allowed you to work from home indefinitely, would you consider moving?

I left Massachusetts for New Hampshire in 2012. If I was still living in MA then my answer to your question would be a resounding yes. Where I live now the answer would be probably not.

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by NewfieMama

Maybe this is more relevant for a real estate thread, but it is a direct result of Coronavirus, so I'll ask:

As we've talked about before, it seems that one of the results of us staying home for months on end is that businesses are embracing remote work.

If your company allowed you to work from home indefinitely, would you consider moving?

No, but with one exception. I suspect I'm in the minority here, but I can't wait to get back into the office. I can effectively do most functions of my job remotely. However, my work product greatly benefits from face to face interactions, and that's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job. I'd be in favor of a few remote days per month; or better yet, the option to work remotely instead of taking a sick day in certain instances (which I sort of already have). But I wouldn't take the offer to work from home indefinitely, and I think most of my office would be on the same page. I almost definitely wouldn't move.

The exception would be flipping the cause/effect. I would consider indefinitely working from home if I had to move. For instance, my girlfriend works for an international law firm with offices in a number of U.S. cities and in several countries in Europe and Asia. So we've discussed potentially picking one we'd like to live in and moving there. It's relatively easy for her, because she can transfer. But I'd need to hunt for a job which is a lot of stress. The remote working piece would enable me to have more flexibility and retain employment until I find a new job. But I still wouldn't want to do my work remotely over the long haul.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by NewfieMama

Maybe this is more relevant for a real estate thread, but it is a direct result of Coronavirus, so I'll ask:

As we've talked about before, it seems that one of the results of us staying home for months on end is that businesses are embracing remote work.

If your company allowed you to work from home indefinitely, would you consider moving?

I telecommuted from my two vacation homes beginning in 2009. I haven’t owned a traditional primary residence commutable to the metro Boston jobs in a long time.

My sister remarked a couple of weeks ago that after a month of telecommuting, she didn’t know how I did it all those years. My winter daily break was a few ski runs. My summer after work usually has beach or boat or bicycle. The biggest problem with telecommuting is that you’re never fully off the clock. You have to manage the perception that you’re actually lounging outside with an umbrella drink or watching soap operas.

[yesmaybe]

Originally Posted by NewfieMama

Maybe this is more relevant for a real estate thread, but it is a direct result of Coronavirus, so I'll ask:

As we've talked about before, it seems that one of the results of us staying home for months on end is that businesses are embracing remote work.

If your company allowed you to work from home indefinitely, would you consider moving?

Yep, if it was long term viable to do so. I would expect companies that actually embrace remote work to ship the work overseas so I am not sure how viable doing remote work is in the long term.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by yesmaybe

Yep, if it was long term viable to do so. I would expect companies that actually embrace remote work to ship the work overseas so I am not sure how viable doing remote work is in the long term.

It depends on the nature of the work. Not all overseas countries have a workforce with the right skill sets. I worked for a couple of companies that tried using Indian labor in the past and brought the work back to the US due to quality issues. There is also the issue of rising wages in other countries as their standard of living rises. No doubt some remote work is at risk of going overseas and some companies will at least try it, there will be exceptions.

[charolastra00]

Originally Posted by NewfieMama

Maybe this is more relevant for a real estate thread, but it is a direct result of Coronavirus, so I'll ask:

As we've talked about before, it seems that one of the results of us staying home for months on end is that businesses are embracing remote work.

If your company allowed you to work from home indefinitely, would you consider moving?

I'd be interested in working in the office 2 or 3 days a week. I don't think long term I'd like working from home (though I probably will through the rest of the year) and there are still things I need to do at work but not necessarily from the office.



Provided I keep my job through the next year, I think this opens the opportunity to buy a little further out than I would otherwise consider, though that's also driven by my hope to buy a single family (even if it's small) versus the condo I planned on buying as a way to get on the property ladder. If I only have to have a 3 hour round trip twice a week or for one-off events, that's worth a tradeoff in location for me.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by lrfox

No, but with one exception. I suspect I'm in the minority here, but I can't wait to get back into the office. I can effectively do most functions of my job remotely. However, my work product greatly benefits from face to face interactions, and that's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job. I'd be in favor of a few remote days per month; or better yet, the option to work remotely instead of taking a sick day in certain instances (which I sort of already have). But I wouldn't take the offer to work from home indefinitely, and I think most of my office would be on the same page. I almost definitely wouldn't move.

The exception would be flipping the cause/effect. I would consider indefinitely working from home if I had to move. For instance, my girlfriend works for an international law firm with offices in a number of U.S. cities and in several countries in Europe and Asia. So we've discussed potentially picking one we'd like to live in and moving there. It's relatively easy for her, because she can transfer. But I'd need to hunt for a job which is a lot of stress. The remote working piece would enable me to have more flexibility and retain employment until I find a new job. But I still wouldn't want to do my work remotely over the long haul.

I hate working from home and I resent the fact that now my house is a remote office. Socks life out of the place.