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I work remote almost 100% and it'a pretty awesome.

A Dev I work with has to commute through 50% of Germany every week. He only sees his kids on the weekend.

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You make it sound like he doesn't have a choice in the matter, which is extremely unlikely and also very sad.

One needs to remember that there are many more factors at play. Sometimes the only place you can afford a decent size family home will be in an area with lower wages. Hence it can make economical sense to have to take a higher paying job that requires travel in order to afford to provide for your family.

There are many factors at play in such decisions. "Having a choice" is something you do not always have depending on personal circumstances.

Agreed! .. perhaps they need to remain close to an elderly relative. Perhaps the schools in the work location are terrible. Perhaps you have a house that you aren't able to easily sell. Perhaps .... and on and on.

We would be well served by demonstrating compassion for others -- it's not like a majority of people can simply jump on their fixie with their Manhattan Portage bag and just enjoy a 5 minute ride to a DUMBO loft office.

Maybe they just fear "being dad" I don't know

Do you not trust people to seek out and pick the optimal options for themselves?

The lesser of two evils is still, you know, evil

If you time it right and the traffic and weather's good, you can get through 50% of Germany pretty quick :-).

True, but my point was, that they are away from their family the whole work week.

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