I went from working in an office, to working remotely for the same company.
While there were certainly benefits, I experienced a few downsides that also drove me crazy.
As a product manager, I was in the sticky situation of needing to coordinate with a bunch of different people, and hit certain deadlines that the rest of the company may or may not have aligned with. I felt like I lost much my day-to-day ability to get-shit-done, especially as I was competing for time & resources with other projects.
I also found it easier to stop caring as much, since the emotions & passion weren't as readily communicated remotely.
Definitely some personal shortcoming in there as well, but, there's definitely issues to watch for if working remotely.
While there were certainly benefits, I experienced a few downsides that also drove me crazy.
As a product manager, I was in the sticky situation of needing to coordinate with a bunch of different people, and hit certain deadlines that the rest of the company may or may not have aligned with. I felt like I lost much my day-to-day ability to get-shit-done, especially as I was competing for time & resources with other projects.
I also found it easier to stop caring as much, since the emotions & passion weren't as readily communicated remotely.
Definitely some personal shortcoming in there as well, but, there's definitely issues to watch for if working remotely.