> travel requirement, which they scoffed at because it was for "fun" activities
I'm lucky enough to live close to where I work, so the commute isn't a massive problem, which may colour my view of remote work a bit.
I'm a sort of middle-aged empty-nester (though this nest was never full unless you count cats and the occasional lodger), but I've got a set of hobbies and some social life, so doing “fun” things because work tells me to is still work - I'm not going to count it as free time. Any “fun” outside my normal working time is time you can bet I'm going to claw back elsewhere.
I like many of the people I work with. Well, some of them at least. A couple of them I even mix with outside the office. But being told to do something fun often feels more like work than, well, work! I can see it being even extra effort to smile through when significant travel is involved.
I'm lucky enough to live close to where I work, so the commute isn't a massive problem, which may colour my view of remote work a bit.
I'm a sort of middle-aged empty-nester (though this nest was never full unless you count cats and the occasional lodger), but I've got a set of hobbies and some social life, so doing “fun” things because work tells me to is still work - I'm not going to count it as free time. Any “fun” outside my normal working time is time you can bet I'm going to claw back elsewhere.
I like many of the people I work with. Well, some of them at least. A couple of them I even mix with outside the office. But being told to do something fun often feels more like work than, well, work! I can see it being even extra effort to smile through when significant travel is involved.