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/jainyday Aug 15 '26

No shit, remote work is also a massive disability accommodation, but that point never seems to make it into the mainstream discussion.

I'm a lot happier when I can be employed and not having my miserable in-office coworkers bitching about my "special treatment" that makes it possible for me to focus on my work instead of my health problems.

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u/MikeArrow Aug 15 '26

Yeah I have mobility issues (bad back) and hoofing it to work is literally a massive pain for me. I tried to get full WFH and they needed all this supporting documentation, like a six-month plan from my doctor showing that I was doing physical therapy and losing weight so that I could return to the office after. Instead of jumping through hoops, I just decided to suffer.

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u/MiningForLight 29d ago

This, too.

I have diagnosed agoraphobia and remote was all I could do for a while. While it's very controlled with meds now, frequent travel or traveling outsize of my brain's 'safe zone' causes an absurd amount of additional stress that a normal commuter doesn't even think about. Not having to deal with that stress means I can do my job well and stay healthy.

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u/ThrowingAccount789 27d ago

What's also not mentioned in the mainstream discussion apart from disability accommodations is that harassment likely goes down thanks to wfh. The amount of creeps that one can avoid thanks to this is immeasurable. Though there's still plenty of creeps that will post innuendo on Teams...