What you miss out when you work from home

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It’s been more than 10 years since I last worked in an office on any regular basis, and remote work has worked for me and my employers. And yet, when I read that Apple and IBM were moving away from telecommuting and towards more traditional office-time requirements, my first thought was: “What took them so long?”

Don’t get me wrong; remote work has real benefits. I shave two hours of commuting off every workday, time that I can instead spend getting work done.

“I’ll be happy to. But I’m already working more than 12 hours a day, so my commute is going