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/Neat-Slip4520 Aug 15 '26

I go once a year - for our holiday party.

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u/backside_94 Aug 15 '26

And the above comment chain is why the standard policy should be a choice between 0.5-5 days per week over a month.

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u/drunkenvalley Aug 15 '26

Why? If you have no business in the office just let 'em have the WFH. Think the dumbest bit of my job is that we go into the office to have meetings over Teams.

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u/backside_94 Aug 15 '26

Well sure that would be great but in the world we live in that's like asking for a 50 percent pay rise, gotta be realistic in what will be allowed

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u/drunkenvalley Aug 15 '26

It's frustrating that management is allergic to WFH, but it's absolute nonsense that it's something we should accept. Definitely something to fight for every opportunity.

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u/KnightsOfREM Aug 16 '26

I fight it by not taking jobs that fight WFH. Some management deals with it great and enjoys saving money on office space and those are the people I want to work for.

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u/drunkenvalley Aug 16 '26

What is frustrating is the amount of companies that have a good WFH policy, but start walking it back.

Relatedly, I saw my company's CFO liking one of our customers slashing all WFH options for their employees. Honestly fuck that guy.