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Poll: What do you value most about working remotely?
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Pascal Kameim
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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N/A May 11

All of the above + plus being my own boss...

Maria Laura Curzi
Dr. Stephan Pietzko
Sara Daitch
Pascal Kameim
Philip Lees
Gianni Pastore
 
Sebastian Witte
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Duitsland
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Better focus/productivity May 11

Maybe this is just me. I am more focused when not working on-site.

Pascal Kameim
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Matthias Brombach
 
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Duitsland
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I never was... May 12

Sebastian Witte wrote:


Maybe this is just me. I am more focused when not working on-site.

...and never will be one who fits in shops dealing with colleagues. Simply as that.
 
Rodolfo Abachi
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Flexibility and autonomy top the list for me May 12

For me, the biggest benefit of working remotely is the flexibility to structure my own day. As a translator working across time zones, being able to start early or work late when needed — and take breaks when my concentration naturally dips — makes me far more productive than a fixed 9-to-5 schedule ever could.

The lack of commuting is also a huge quality-of-life improvement: those hours go back into actual work, rest, or personal development.

And of course, as seve... See more
For me, the biggest benefit of working remotely is the flexibility to structure my own day. As a translator working across time zones, being able to start early or work late when needed — and take breaks when my concentration naturally dips — makes me far more productive than a fixed 9-to-5 schedule ever could.

The lack of commuting is also a huge quality-of-life improvement: those hours go back into actual work, rest, or personal development.

And of course, as several others have mentioned, being your own boss and having control over your work environment and working conditions is something I deeply value after years of remote freelancing. ▲ Collapse
 


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