It also dramatically reduces carbon emissions. And the lack of commute, alone, represent a significant quality of life improvement for workers. I don't think going back to offices makes any sense.
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Remote work is a powerful equalizer. It erases geographic factors of inequality (like long commute times), reduces the impact of social factors on career advancement, reduces instances of harassment and discrimination, etc.
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The arguments for offices are about serendipitous collaboration and social connections. But is serendipity impossible over the Internet? Are video & text fundamentally deficient mediums to create social connections? I don't think so.
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As long as you have reliable power, high bandwidth, a good computer, a home, no accent, colleagues who don't mind if you always leave the camera off, a masculine or nondescript voice, daycare or school, and a job that does not require hands-on trade work, yep, sure does.
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Yup. Lose just a single item from the list, and suddenly working in person is looking like a pretty good option...
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But you work better if you are 1) a man 2) in an isolate room 3) in a house 4) with good internet connection. And most most of people just can't work remotely. So sadly it only serves a few of us IMHO.
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In addition it removes the theater aspect of work and busy work. You will be measured mostly by results. Probably we will discover that a large % of our activities were useless.
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Does it? I’ve seen far more comments like “why weren’t you online last name night?” since we’ve been working from home than I ever saw before. The expectation that you’re always available has shot through the roof
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I share your view on these benefits. what is your take on the lack of social interaction and feeling isolated ?
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