I’ve talked with colleagues that have confirmed exactly what the parent comment is saying. They benefit from the external structure, routine, and separation of work/home life.

Some people just don’t want to work next to their gaming PC, completely unsupervised. Others live alone and don’t live near their friends and family. Both these groups (can) suffer from a fully remote environment.

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toomuchtodo 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I fully support coworking spaces for folks who need the in person socialization (especially in the context of entry level and juniors), but I will leave the labor force entirely before I ever go back into an office (~12 years remote, ~25 years in tech). I have a partner and kids, coworkers are not my friends (we simply share a paycheck provider and a body of shared work), but I understand other lives and the needs of others differs. Your social needs are not my needs. I get to eat lunch with my partner every day, see my kids more, no commute, etc.

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jambalaya8 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Either at the company or at home (though I mean working at a coffee shop sometimes isn't so bad). Coworking spaces might help with socialization and some people need it but I am not sure how that benefits who you work for.

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dijksterhuis 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Coworking spaces might help with socialization and some people need it but I am not sure how that benefits who you work for.

because, as someone else i replied to in the thread points out, miserable employees perform worse.

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		I am curious, do believe that a company or an employee is responsible for paying for a ersatz "coworking space" (ersatz, in that the employer did not choose that as a place for their employees to work)?
	▲	jambalaya8 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I get that. I said as much. Though suggesting employers should have no say in where their employees work on generally work protected by intellectual property law is tricky. If they have an office, usually that is where they want you to work if the goal is an office setting. Some companies do not and rent out coworking space. Different.

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guelo 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

You also share a professional social network which is something you own separately from any company and I have found to be very valuable and strengthened by in-person work.