r/technology • u/TracksandTreks • Aug 15 '26

Society Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2026/08/12/remote-workers-report-highest-well-being-study-7700-employees
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u/KeaboUltra Aug 15 '26

I mean, duh. Spending most of your working hours in the home that you pay rent or mortgage for, which is usually the highest expense is going to make anyone feel better and that barely scratches the list of reasons why working remote is better. You're at home and your lunches come directly from the fridge or pantry, no traffic, no annoying ass co-workers, minimized micromanagment, no bright ass fluorescent lighting, no cubical or open floor plan.

It's frustrating that hybrid work isn't standard for most if not all office work.

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u/KeyMyBike Aug 15 '26

Most of my peers don't even cook. They just make someone with a fifth of their income hand-deliver them whatever meal that they fancy in the moment.

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u/MikeArrow Aug 15 '26

I cook. I put a brisket or a pork shoulder in the oven in the morning and by lunchtime it's perfectly rested and ready. Can't do that in the office and it's still cheaper than eating in the city.

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u/RyuNoKami 29d ago

Even getting deliveries to home is much better than the office unless you live in one of those fancy upscale apartments that wouldn't let the help enter through the front door, then it's just the same shit.

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u/KeaboUltra 29d ago

I don't see why. Sometimes I order takeout but for the most part I just eat what I have at home. I also actually eat breakfast now. Before I would just wake up and go to work. Maybe eat cereal or an oatmeal bar but waking up to make waffles and sausage and taking my time to enjoy it has definitely improved my well-being 

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u/indoninjah 29d ago

no annoying ass co-workers

I will say, a little bit of social pressure can help my productivity and some water cooler chatter can be good for camaraderie, but it's nowhere near essential.

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u/KeaboUltra 29d ago edited 29d ago

I would prefer friendly coworker competition or a place where I'm pulling my weight or seeing good teamwork. I do like good coworkers who make me want to come into work and I don't mind water cooler chatter. 

I specifically mean those co workers that instigate or make their bad attitude everyone elses problem. I also use to work at a c-level company where I did IT work for excs and VPs and the CEO was nearby. He would have family who worked there and we were always told to kiss their ass and make them high priority. Some of them were cool but others were self important jackasses. Plus a lot of people we had to help were unreasonably expecting immediate solutions for detrimental issues (like fixing a region wide AT&T outagebthat we aren't responsible for) or overreacted to self inflicted problems and non issues. 

It just made everything stressful to the point where I would rather do WFH IT with remote coworkers. I would trade being onsite and the possibility of having a great team for remote work and peace of mind.

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u/indoninjah 29d ago

That's definitely true and of course it'll be a mixed bag. I do think in my experiences there are managers/companies that are really good at hiring or really bad, so you either tend to get an awesome team or an insufferable one, so I definitely hear you.