I’ve worked remotely since 2006 - before ring lights, Zoom fatigue, or that colleague who forgets they’re unmuted.
So remote that in 2020, we dropped to one car.
Why pay for a Subaru just to sit in the garage?
But now, it’s 2025 - the Age of Tag-Team Layoffs and the Great RTO Mandate.
That one-car decision? Feels a lot bolder.
My husband’s back in the office five days a week.
I’m riding shotgun on weekday errands, in my usual uniform: t-shirt, shorts, and 18 years of remote HR wisdom.
I’ve built a career without cubicles - from Belgium to Scotland to Canada to Texas to Minnesota.
In 2010, I even couch-surfed the western U.S., fueled by internet friends and a dream.
Remote work isn’t a trend to me.
It’s a life I built. On purpose.
A life that works.
If companies can’t see the value in people who’ve made this work for decades…
Maybe they’re the ones not ready for the future of work.
🟣 Who else has made remote work their long-haul reality?