Sarah Green Carmichael, Columnist

Don’t Give Up on Remote Work, Even If You Hate It

Identify the annoying parts and fix them.

A good place to work?

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A new year is well underway, but many of us are exactly where we were last March: working from home. Most people enjoy that, the data show, finding that it reduces stress and increases productivity. But what about the vocal minority who are truly miserable?

Some form of location flexibility is probably here to stay. So it’s worth the effort to find a way to work from home that you don’t hate. That starts with figuring out what exactly you hate about it.