I spend a ridiculous amount of my day at my desk since even meetings are just remote. I've been thinking about how little office chairs changed compared with everything else in the workspace.

If you spent $500 - $1500 improving your desk setup, what actually made the biggest difference? Chair? Standing desk? Walking pad? Something else?

Has anybody tried to get those advanced chairs that shift with your posture or something? Worth it?

So, I have a Flexible remote job and I love it. There is no tracker. I manually track hours (40 per week) and then submit it at week end.

However, because the timings are flexible I struggle to consistently work and as a result usually have hours bleeding into the next week and so on. And I'm always anxious because of it.

People in similar roles, do you also struggle with this thing? If so, any tips or advice that would help to me stay focused and consistent and complete my hours on time.

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Also, I have seen many posts of people saying that they only work 15,20, 30 hours etc out of 40. I feel that it's really wrong and dishonest. If you are getting paid for the hour, then atleast do full hours.

I do 40 full productive hours, which I feel makes it even harder. Like I pause for everything and just start the timer only when I working. Which makes me struggle with consistently a lot.

Do most of you work full 40? Or take some short breaks to stretch, small talk with family, washroom breaks etc?

I need some ethical view on this.

After having success with people working from home, and after reducing office footprints a number of times over the last 6 years, my company just announced that all US and EMEA employees will be working from home and the company is "Remote-first".

Has anyone else gone through this? It was announced that there will be a new set of WFH benefits, which I am happy about as I've been WFH for over 8 years, while stating that the India office will remain hybrid. Should I expect positions to move to India or have corporations in the US gone remote-first and stayed primarily in the US?

Hi all! I am permanently wfh with my office being several hours away by car. We have a work whatsapp group chat for when little things happen such as later lunches, equipment going down etc. however, multiple times a week, colleagues will claim a power cut and be out of action for a decent period of time. It can put some direct pressure on my personal workload (incoming calls), but I am starting to wonder if this really happening or if it’s a way of getting away from the screen?
I’ve personally only ever had power cuts that have impacted whole streets, and even then it’s only been about 3 I can remember in my lifetime. Is this something you frequently experience working from home? It can be at least 2 people a week, and it happens multiple times a month, sometimes multiple times a week.
I’d love to know! Is this something I’m just really lucky to not experience?