Hypothetical: I get a call from my boss's boss at 7pm asking if I can create a weekly metrics spreadsheet for him for the meeting tomorrow. Because I'm a go-getter and want to help him out, I have three options:
1. Wake up crazy early the next morning and head into the office early.
2. Cancel my evening plans and drive back to the office tonight.
3. Pop open my laptop while waiting for the next round of beers at Von Trapp's and get it done.
David's arguing that the third option is the least conducive to work-life balance. That's cool, but I'd rather have the ability to edit that Excel spreadsheet during happy hour than have to shift my plans around to do it some other time.
(And it sits uneasy with me that 37signals has a book about remote work out and also makes linkbaity, low-content posts like these which blur the line between "signal" and marketing fluff.)
1. Wake up crazy early the next morning and head into the office early.
2. Cancel my evening plans and drive back to the office tonight.
3. Pop open my laptop while waiting for the next round of beers at Von Trapp's and get it done.
David's arguing that the third option is the least conducive to work-life balance. That's cool, but I'd rather have the ability to edit that Excel spreadsheet during happy hour than have to shift my plans around to do it some other time.
(And it sits uneasy with me that 37signals has a book about remote work out and also makes linkbaity, low-content posts like these which blur the line between "signal" and marketing fluff.)