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- Charles Bond, a 62-year-old, decided to retire early rather than work remotely full time.
- He said he didn't have the self-discipline for remote work and likes being around people.
- Bond is one of the many workers leaving over where and how work takes place.
After spending nearly 30 years at the same company, Charles Bond decided to hang up his hat and retire early. He just didn't want to work remotely.
The 62-year-old, who lives in Southern California, managed the back end of his company's customer-service operations. When the pandemic hit, many employees at his company started working from home. Bond, who'd already gotten sick, had had been working remotely for a couple of weeks.
"At first when they said, oh, you could work from home for a couple weeks, I thought, cool," Bond said. "I even said, oh, I'm going to get to work from home."