No, I’m not sitting here humming or worse, for anyone within earshot, singing this famous 1975 track. I’m simply mulling over the benefits, for me personally, as a design engineer, of working remotely.
Love it or hate it remote working is here to stay for a while at least and yes I hear some of you have felt isolated, tucked away in a back bedroom, perhaps squashed between an old wardrobe and the spare bed for some time. I can appreciate that isolation and the term working in silos has been frequently used to describe working from home, but I can honestly say that for me it has not felt like a desert island, neither do I see myself as Robinson Crusoe, going a little crazy for need of human interaction.
As a design engineer, having to work through difficult technical CAD designs, the benefit of a quiet working space has enabled me to solve these complexities in a somewhat calmer manner. This coupled with the removal of the dreaded long motorway commute, which in itself is a lottery as to whether there will be any issues on the way, has led me to appreciate the virtues of remote working.
Whilst it can sometimes be perceived a drawback when you need to engage in a creative exchange through screens instead of sitting face to face in an office, but my team has managed to make adjustments and it is still business as usual for us at Sanstec Design, with the business getting busier all the time.
