Illustration by Justin Tran
Illustration by Justin Tran

Virtual First

Is there such a thing as work that’s too remote?

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Published on June 22, 2021

The last year taught us that lots of our jobs can be done from a lakeside barn or mountaintop chalet. For some, those dreams turned reality are reshaping their vision of the future.

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“Instead of looking at a dog park, we were looking at a national park.” 

“If I'm not in the office, is it going to feel more like a job and not a career?”

For those remote workers now locked into mortgages in towns with fewer in-person opportunities than the cities they left, all eyes are on the future of work.