I guess to counter Satan&#x27;s views...<p>- no routine that gets you going<p>Well, you still shower in the morning, right? And eat breakfast? With the commute time eliminated, you could add the gym to the morning routine, if there&#x27;s one you can walk to in a few minutes, or failing that, some bodyweight exercise or yoga videos. The only time I&#x27;d see this as a downside would be if you bike to work, but you could just go bike for that amount of time if you want, just ending up at home.<p>- less time with your friends and colleagues<p>Seems like this should be &quot;more time with your friends, less time with your colleagues&quot;? Unless your friends happen to live near where you work and you can meet up easier afterwards. Very situational.<p>- less team lunches&#x2F;nice dinners<p>I guess on the lunches, but you shouldn&#x27;t be having dinner with your colleagues anyways, since you shouldn&#x27;t be at work at dinner time. Also, working remotely allows you to <i>make</i> more nice dinners, because you can take 5 minutes to do some minor prep that requires the ingredients to rest afterwards - allow dough to rise, marinate things, etc.<p>If the company is spending money on nice dinners, I would prefer to receive the cost as additional salary - that applies to beer fridges and ping-pong tables as well, is this a frat house or a serious engineering company?<p>- getting dressed can help you mentally make the switch to start your workday and can translate into higher productivity<p>Well, you can still do that if you want to. I usually dress better on weekends because the office is kept at what seems to be 80°, so it&#x27;s impossible to wear my sport jackets or sweaters in the winter &lt;_&lt;<p>- you have to spent money for office equipment<p>Much less than the commuting costs anyways, assuming you already have the computer and you&#x27;re just using a little paper for sketching. They probably provide a computer anyways, so you&#x27;re just looking at paper and pens?<p>- you have more sick days, since kids are bags of disease<p>Well, that only applies to people with children.<p>- no eureka moments after water cooler chats<p>I find it much more likely that someone else&#x27;s chat will destroy my flow, although that problem is fixed by providing private offices with doors that close.<p>However, I work on a team where I am solely responsible for my piece of software, so YMMV in larger teams with more direct code collaboration.<p>(I used to work remotely. I don&#x27;t anymore. When I leave this job, that will hopefully flip back!)