If you read your contract as a remote worker, they often say that you must work from a dedicated work room in your house, so not working from your bedroom. Not sure if there's some specific legal reason for that.
I've been working remotely for years, both in 100% remote companies, and in a company where we are the minority. And I have never heard of this. Where do you work that they put this in a contract?
I've been remote for 8 years at 2 companies and interviewed at many others, and I've never heard of this. It's mostly unenforceable except maybe when you're on video conferences, and then seriously - leave your bedroom or have a professional backdrop. But I'll echo other comments: working from your bedroom isn't a great idea for anybody for a lot of reasons.
That might be very specific advice for _your region_. Never heard of that - but if you legally register as having an office in your house for tax reasons (as you can do in certain countries), your bedroom might not count.
It's pretty unhealthy to spend 90% of your time in one room. For me, the bedroom is for sleeping and sex only. No work happens in there. When I work from home I get dressed like normal and go to my study. Then I'm in work mode.
Many young post-grad people in today's economy are living with their parents while repaying their humongous student loans, yeah. Ironically, programming from the bedroom instead of going to a physical college may be a better way to obtain a place of your own sooner, heh.
Studio apartments aren't a thing anymore?
Pretty common in Europe and AFAIK not entirely unknown in high-rent Metropolitan areas worldwide (NYC, Tokyo etc.)
I was more talking about _not just_ young people. Studio apartments/small "bachelor pads" exist outside of pure age brackets or even affordability. Something bigger might not be available if you want to live close enough to work/city centre/etc. and/or it might be more common in your culture (Japan/Europe vs. US).
In other words: I don't see why a one-room situation should be restricted to young people.
A studio apartment is a one room apartment that usually has living space, bed and kitchen utilities all in one room. I’m not sure if you understood that. People tend to go for them because they’re cheaper.
With the exception of extremes like California on the high end and rural Appalachia on the low end cheap housing costs about the same (differing by ~ a few hundred a month) in most American cities.
I would recommend moving to a different country before I’d recommend moving to the rural US, that’s a dead end especially if you need the internet for work.
If you read your contract as a remote worker, they often say that you must work from a dedicated work room in your house, so not working from your bedroom. Not sure if there's some specific legal reason for that.