benrogerswpg's review
5.0
Amazing book on the productivity and life improvements of working from home. It's better for the employee and it's better for the business too.
The employee is happier without HOURS of commuting, and the business can use that precious office estate to run key business that couldn't be run remotely.
It also indicates how a lot of work can be run remotely (cough cough COVID-19).
It also assists with how to be even more productive while working from home, and some tips to keep going.
Working from home is here. Businesses will see the benefit of it.
It's up to them to decide if they want to keep their employees or keep them coming in the office - even for just a few days a week.
4.8/5
The employee is happier without HOURS of commuting, and the business can use that precious office estate to run key business that couldn't be run remotely.
It also indicates how a lot of work can be run remotely (cough cough COVID-19).
It also assists with how to be even more productive while working from home, and some tips to keep going.
Working from home is here. Businesses will see the benefit of it.
It's up to them to decide if they want to keep their employees or keep them coming in the office - even for just a few days a week.
4.8/5
hinzed1127's review against another edition
This is good to read in small doses, since each chapter feels more like a series of short blogs posts. About half of the book seems more directed at businesses and how a remote workplace can be beneficial for them, while the other half focuses on the individual. As someone mostly exploring advice for while looking for remote work and freelancing, I found this to be most enjoyable in bits of skimming and focusing more on the latter types of chapters.
tommyokeefe's review against another edition
Too dated, so much about remote work has changed since COVID-19, this book just felt like it was no longer relevant.
efabri123's review against another edition
5.0
As a proud supporter of remote work, this book pulls out all the stops. I fail to understand anyone's argument for going back to the office and Hansson shuts those arguments down. The micro-managers who are hell-bent on getting everyone back post-COVID could learn a thing or two from this piece. It even highlights how many were working remotely from a decade before the pandemic, but COVID launched remote work into the mainstream, shining light on the same arguments and hang-ups people were having beforehand.
There is also something to be said here about limiting beliefs - beliefs on what we all think work is and work should be. We limit ourselves by believing that it has to be 40 hours a week, or constantly logged into a computer, and end up burning out because of these beliefs. Really interesting read. Highly recommended.
There is also something to be said here about limiting beliefs - beliefs on what we all think work is and work should be. We limit ourselves by believing that it has to be 40 hours a week, or constantly logged into a computer, and end up burning out because of these beliefs. Really interesting read. Highly recommended.
mamakasss's review against another edition
2.0
Some decent takeaways, but reads kind of like an overly positive advertorial for basecamp and remote work in general.
the_bookwormchronicles's review against another edition
4.0
Mi-a plăcut ideea prezentată de cei doi. Deși multe dintre capitole sunt mai mult destinate companiilor, sunt lucruri care pot ajuta chiar și un angajat. Ultimul capitol, destinat mai mult angajaților, mi s-a părut cel mai practic. Chiar oferă niște idei care merită reținute dacă ești nou în ale work from home-ului. Recomand cartea oricui dorește să pornească pe această cale.
illymally's review against another edition
4.0
Seems like self evident stuff during quarantine! But unfortunately it really isn't to many, many old school thinkers who have well worn fears about remote work being ineffective. This book is a must read for all firm leaders with a remote work force, which is practically all of them right now. The benefits of carrying this wisdom into the future, post pandemic, are social, environmental, and economic. There are many practical tools in the book for some of the more difficult aspects of remote work. And it's very short and we'll organized, based around addressing common fears and hang ups, one by one.
bookanonjeff's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Hallelujah. One thing of note up front: I read the Audible version of this, so I have no way of knowing how well documented it is - and given its almost memoir-based approach, those tend to be on the lighter side of documentation. But again, because of the form I consumed this book in, I just don't know.
This caveat understood up front, this text is absolutely phenomenal - and will have any office worker in 2023 scratching their heads over why virtually *any* of us are constrained to a physical location we must report into x number of times per week. This book is a decade old this year, released *well* before certain worldwide insanities led to a (sadly temporary) shift to very nearly 100% remote work for a time, and yet lays out the case for fully remote work *even with that era's tech* so clearly and so completely that one will be left wondering why any business person would ever consider forcing their staff to work in a physical office space, unless that business person happens to own said space outright and can't offload it because everyone else is going fully remote.
For those of us who love(d) working remote, this is absolutely preaching to the choir and having them sing its praises from the rafters. Even for those more opposed to remote work... read this book and try to find a reason the authors here haven't already addressed, up to and including your own personal preferences and management styles.
Indeed, the most irritating thing about this book is how long it has existed and how few business leaders in 2023 are heeding its lessons. Particularly business leaders who spent 2020 and 2021 praising their teams' increased productivity while fully remote.
So read this book. Learn why remote work really is the best work for everyone whose jobs don't involve physically touching some widget or another. And then go and spread the message ever more.
Very much recommended.
This caveat understood up front, this text is absolutely phenomenal - and will have any office worker in 2023 scratching their heads over why virtually *any* of us are constrained to a physical location we must report into x number of times per week. This book is a decade old this year, released *well* before certain worldwide insanities led to a (sadly temporary) shift to very nearly 100% remote work for a time, and yet lays out the case for fully remote work *even with that era's tech* so clearly and so completely that one will be left wondering why any business person would ever consider forcing their staff to work in a physical office space, unless that business person happens to own said space outright and can't offload it because everyone else is going fully remote.
For those of us who love(d) working remote, this is absolutely preaching to the choir and having them sing its praises from the rafters. Even for those more opposed to remote work... read this book and try to find a reason the authors here haven't already addressed, up to and including your own personal preferences and management styles.
Indeed, the most irritating thing about this book is how long it has existed and how few business leaders in 2023 are heeding its lessons. Particularly business leaders who spent 2020 and 2021 praising their teams' increased productivity while fully remote.
So read this book. Learn why remote work really is the best work for everyone whose jobs don't involve physically touching some widget or another. And then go and spread the message ever more.
Very much recommended.
sfreund's review against another edition
3.0
Overall, I agree
Cheers!
This book is focused on... (hold your breath) working remotely. As a remote worker myself,
I agree with nearly everything the book had to say about working remotely. The illustrations were entertaining to stop and pause at between pages. I'd give the core message of the book 4/5 stars.
Where I fell off with this one was the repetition. I felt like a two-by-four and the idea of remote work was being hammed into me repeatedly. I do believe that repetition is what I need to memorize things, but in this case I found myself holding back the urge to skim because it felt like I had already read the page. If I had not ever worked remotely before, I think that this book would have been more fascinating rather than something I occasionally nod my head at. If you currently work remotely, I'd recommend skimming this one and reading the headlines that feel applicable. If you have not worked remotely, I'd say this one is worth a read.
Cheers!