Ask HN: How to negotiate continuing to work remotely?
Don&#x27;t negotiate. Dictate.<p>I&#x27;m not joking either. I tried negotiating this (pre-covid), only to get a &quot;final offer&quot; of a measly couple of remote days etc. Being on the spectrum, I took their word at face value, found another job that does 100% remote, and put in my resignation. Surprisingly that &quot;absolutely final&quot; position wasn&#x27;t that final anymore, and they&#x27;d&#x27;ve rather had me remote than not at all. Had the new job not been a lot better substance-wise, the whole exercise would have been total waste of time.<p>Of course you&#x27;ll want to dictate from a position where you can follow your ultimatum if need be.<p>The nearing end of Covid is where people like us can - indeed must - make a stand against the returning suffocating madness of boring commutes, noisy open plan offices, incessant context switches; against sacrificing one&#x27;s creativity, flow and personal space to placate the emotional instincts and biases of the excessively social who rarely do the heavy lifting in our sector.<p>Stay determined and keep up the good work.