I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since I started working from home.
Let me draw a picture for you so that you can understand my situation.
I’m married, I have two small children (5 and 3) and I live in a two bedroom apartment.
The main reason why I wanted to work from home was to spend more time with my family. I was at the office 9 hours a day, with a minimum of 2 hours commute (in total). I was not spending enough time with my children and I felt that I was investing a lot more in work than in my children.
Another reason was that we, as a family, wanted the possibility to move where we wanted and maybe, in the future, to travel while working.
Here are my lists after 7+ years of working in Bucharest in offices and ~1 year of working from home.
Working from home
Pros
- More time in general
- Schedule flexibility
- Spending more time with my family
- You can move wherever you like
- Not being tired all the time
- Wanting to visit and travel more because I have more energy
Cons
- Lack of social situations (but that can be arranged by going out with friends and at church, in my case)
- No real separation between work and home
- You have to “hunt” for silence if you have two kids (by working late/early)
We need a bigger bed 
Working near my beautiful wife 
Working from a camp where my kids went 
Working from the park while the kids are playing 
Homemade lemonade 
With my lovely girl, Miriam
Working in an office
Pros
- Easier to learn/teach from/to people in person
- Socializing everyday
- Company events
Cons
- Less time for family
- Commute
- Less flexibility (working in a range of hours, 1-2 days work from home, if you’re lucky)
The Front End Team 
Enjoying some calories 
The good old days of making fun on someone on the internet
If you have any pros and cos about these, feel free to share in the comments bellow.
If you’re interested in working from home, at OakBits we are always looking for people we can click with. For more info, you can reach me at radu@oakbits.co.