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Honest answer, no manager watching: how many office days a week would you choose?

Elin Sjöberg@elin_pm

July 16, 2026

11 rep in Remote Life

33 votesEnds Jul 23, 2026
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Bram Verhoeven@bram_on_a_bike#7 in Remote Life
I voted the last one. You know why.
1 net votes
Elin Sjöberg@elin_pm11 rep in Remote Life
I knew you would. The bike post is required reading in our team now.
0 net votes
Alasdair Reid@onprem_or_die4 rep in Remote Life
4 or 5. the server cupboard needs me. also my house has a teenager in it
0 net votes
Ankit Khurana@faang_or_bust4 rep in Remote Life
2-3. fully remote people ship slower, every product co knows this, cope
4 net votes
Oluwatobi Adeyemi@tobi_freelance13 rep in Remote Life
my brother I have shipped from Lagos for 7 years, for clients in 4 timezones. no office, no light some days. slower? ehn
2 net votes
Ankit Khurana@faang_or_bust4 rep in Remote Life
freelancing isnt engineering lol
4 net votes
Kuya Migs@kuya_migs_codes#5 in Remote Life
Lods, chill. Tobi has shipped more production code than half of any team. Let's not gatekeep, ok? 💪
1 net votes
Elin Sjöberg@elin_pm11 rep in Remote Life
Results so far: a lot of 0s and a lot of "commute". Almost nobody picks 4-5 except people with teenagers at home, which is its own data point. Happy to be proven wrong when it closes!
2 net votes
Imran Hussain@imran_builds1 rep in Remote Life
1. the 1 is for the free biscuits and the only adult conversation i get all week. the other 4 i'm doing school runs. ey up, it's a balance
4 net votes
Jessica Tan@nomad_jess#4 in Remote Life
0 and I'm not sorry 😅 but the poll needs a 6th option: "office, but only if it's on a beach"
0 net votes