I’ve never had a WFH job and I generally don’t think I’d personally want/be successful with one. My sister is fully remote and she actually hates it, but I think its more the job she doesn’t like than the WFH aspect. She says its lonely and isolating on top of disliking her daily tasks. I’m not anti WFH for others at all, to absolutely clear.
Working at home since 2020, and while I agree with the advantages most people post here, I definitely miss talking with people over lunch, or even getting out for After Work beers now and then. (Obviously that depends a lot on if you like your coworkers or not)
This is apparently a super controversial opinion but I wouldn’t mind working somewhere that forces people to the office 2, maybe 3 days a week. Just not every day.
The lunch thing is definitely something I miss, and the white board collaborations. I haven’t found any decent equivalent virtual tool for the latter, and if you’re starting a new job in-person collaboration can be a jump start.
That said I’ve worked remote for a decade and the pros outweigh the cons greatly. A huge perk for me is being able to workout at lunch in my home gym. I’m not a morning person and I’m often so drained by end-of-day that working out after work is a non-starter. I know my physical health would be worse if I had to go into an office because I just wouldn’t end up working out like I do now.