Working from paradise

I spent the morning looking at flights to French Polynesia aka Tahiti. Someone on my Twitter TL had a post saying that it’s cheaper to go to paradise than it is to go to Disneyland and that got my interest.

After coming back from my honeymoon, I’ve definitely have the travel bug a bit and I’ve been doing a bit of dreaming at nights thinking about some of the trips Sophia and I can take this year.

One interesting part about Tahiti is that it’s only a 2 hour time difference from San Francisco. I can theoretically still work on San Francisco time. Of course there’s many other factors to consider… like the fact that you need to actually work rather than just lounge on the beach.

Sophia and I spent some time in 2021 working from New York and Mexico. It was an amazing experience and I’ve had the itch to do it again soon. I’m fortunate to be working at a startup that will allow me to do that, but I do wonder what the impact is on overall productivity.

I feel like I’m disciplined enough to get my work done, but I know not all companies will trust their employees to do the same. It’s a huge employee benefit perk, but I do see how productivity can suffer. I wonder if the remote first companies will allow employees to work from anywhere and if that will continue to become a trend post-pandemic years.

It will be interesting to watch and see how this trend develops.