[gedrap]

Working from home is often touted as a solution to all problems but it's just not that simple, and many people who do actually work remotely will tell you that.

Allowing remote work is not enough. It requires effort from both parties. The company needs to provide money for home office setup, and the employee needs to spend time and though setting one up, which might be tricky in places with insane real estate prices. Working from sofa is not really sustainable for long.

Although work from home eliminates distractions such as constant movement of people (although this is not unique to working from home and same could be done with private offices), it opens a plethora of new distractions, be it running errands, playing with pets, or just goofing off instead of TV while keeping an eye on instant messenger.

And the list goes on. But that's not the point. Sure, working from home has a lot of advantages and at the end of the day I am very glad that I made the switch. It's just not as simple as some might make it appear as.