Almost all remote-work news is negative now but was positive in the beginning of the pandemic. Have you noticed this or am I going crazy?
Almost all remote-work news is negative now but was positive in the beginning of the pandemic. Have you noticed this or am I going crazy?
Earlier in the pandemic many news and magazine organizations would proudly write about how working from home always actually can lead to over working and being too "productive". I am yet to collect some evidence on it but I think we remember a good amount about this.
Now after a bunch of companies want their remote workers back at the office, every one of those companies are being almost propaganda machines which do not cite sound scientific studies but cite each other and interviews with higher ups in top companies that "remote workers are less productive". This is further cementing the general public's opinion on this matter.
And research that shows the opposite is buried deep within any search results.
Have you noticed this? Please share what you have observed. I'm going paranoid about this.
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The truth is in the middle. Some people work better from home and some people work better in an office.
I work better from home but my job mainly requires me to be in an office and that’s ok.
I work in sales. So I go to customers offices to talk to them. I can do it all remote but I’ll make about half the money I make.
My gf works better from home and her job makes her work from home. They had one employee who couldn’t keep up. She now has to work in an office.
People think it’s about the real estate. It is not about the real estate. It’s about the control.
It's about money. Large corporations get city tax breaks to build their headquarters. The government gets a lot of money from the employees that report to those offices. The catch is that those tax breaks usually require minimum occupancy of the building. If everyone works from home then the government doesn't get all their road tolls, gas tax, parking fees, sales tax on food, speeding tickets, parking tickets, etc. Since the government isn't getting their kickback they stop giving the company tax breaks. So basically millions of people are being forced to do stuff they don't want to do, just so really rich entities can be richer.
It is mostly about the commercials mortgage backed securities market
I'm split in the middle. I manage projects and also help with sales administration. I prefer in-person meetings for bigger discussions because human communications are built for face to face.
Deep discussions are just much more effective when you can read the room.
Yeah I think its about the control too. So fucked up.