Why You Should Be Able to Work from Home

I had a job where I worked from home 3 days a week, and in the office for the other 2. It worked well, I had the freedom to sort things out like the dentist, taking my car to the garage etc. It really helped me get organised both personally and professionally.<p>However, going into the office for the other two days really helped me understand the problem I was facing – developing an intranet for a sales&#x2F;tech company. I was creating systems for three days, but could never fully understand how they should be implemented into the system.<p>For me, it worked really well having those days at home and in the office.

I was working full-time at the office then full-time from home. Neither can completely replace each other without sacrificing productivity at some point. It all comes down to how flexible your time table is against your professional needs.<p>It&#x27;s far more rewarding to drop by the office when it&#x27;s most efficient (say, for a workshop session with colleagues) and spend the rest of the week at home to get stuff done without constantly being interrupted.<p>Fairly subjective really.

I like staying home to work on things too. But those arguments aren&#x27;t necessarily convincing.<p>1. spent 3 days at work and 4th day figured out solution. Experimentally we need to see what if you spend 3 days at home and 1 day at office... You probably had tried bad solutions the first 3 days and now after eliminated bad one you found the right one on the 4th day.<p>I had many similar problems both at work and at home. Sometimes the distraction at home is too much to handle and I got lazy. Sometimes the noisy and tiredness put me to sleep at work. Sometimes I got a bad stomach and I wish I could be at home and use my private bathroom as quickly as possible. Sometimes forcing myself to sit in an office allows me to solve a problem and sometime it works when I stay home.<p>&gt; However, if you work from home, all these regular &gt; distractions are gone. You have the computer. You are &gt; ready to code. You get the job done.<p>Totally not true. At Mozilla (I was a former intern) we are very busy on IRC. So even for people who are working at home they have a lot of meeting to go to and a lot of code to write.<p>The benefit of staying home is true in the 3rd point.<p>I say go to office at least once or twice a week, and then spend the rest of the week at home.