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Originally Posted by twister244
Which is why I am surprised the "WeWorks" of the world haven't taken off in the last several months. If I had a business, I would just give my employees all-access memberships. Come in when you need, or where you need. If you need a conference room for a couple hours, charge it to the company. Gives people the option to have a place to go work, without it being anchored to a fixed location. Plus, you can switch it up with different locations, and you have a place to go when you are traveling to other major cities. I did this in Europe last Fall (London, Paris, and Madrid).
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You know... that's the nice thing with some employers that if you get your work done, doesn't matter when you get in, just get the task or objective done.
It's like your working on say some initiative or some task. And say you can get it done in 20 hours as opposed to 40 hours. No big deal, so long as it gets done. Kind of why some jobs, and this will vary depending on what the assigned responsibilities are, can be kind of good for work-life balance because if your in an environment that encourages autonomy and looks at say results and performance versus how many hours one has been at work just for the sake of being there... that is a very sweet position to be in.
Now self-employed is a different beast in itself, because you'll need results to not crumble, and might not have the less riskier option of having a quasi-security net like a salary or fixed income assuming one doesn't mess up badly... but in the right hands and right conditions, can be conducive to work-life balance.
Going back to the commute, some people commute, especially if they have a government job, for the sense of security. Might be worth a commute to the right location if there is a sort of security-net to the place. Say a place that is in demand, that doesn't lay people off... that has been good to a person... that might keep them motivated to commute in the first place.