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/AnalTyrant Aug 15 '26

My wife and I work for different companies, but both from home, we just setup our workspaces at opposite ends of the house. We'll take breaks together, like getting water from the kitchen, or walking around the block together, and it's like having a water cooler chat, but with your partner who you actually like! And it's easy for us to have lunch together, which was not something we could do when we worked in person (45min drive for each of us to meet somewhere in the middle wasn't going to cut it.)

It's pretty much the perfect setup for work.

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u/PureCauliflower6758 Aug 15 '26

We share a bedroom that we’ve converted into our offices. Navigating meetings can be tricky (we also work for different companies, in different industries), but we make it work. Lunches are the best though!