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It's looking like Coronavirus will be rocket fuel for all things remote. Work, schooling, conferences... I think we'll see a lot of new tools and processes emer

by Reedx 7y ago

It's looking like Coronavirus will be rocket fuel for all things remote. Work, schooling, conferences... I think we'll see a lot of new tools and processes emerge. More companies, schools, conferences being remote friendly. Anyone seeing concrete signs of this at your employer or school yet? And what other second-order effects do you think we'll see?

jcranmer 7y ago
My workplace sent out this update not an hour ago: > From March 2nd, employees should not attend any large meetings or events that are not hosted and controlled by [company], or where attendees cannot be confirmed as following a comparable travel policy. Individual or small group meetings where you can verify the travel histories of all attendees are fine.
- jonahbenton 7y ago
  Are you US based? Care to say what city?
- orhmeh09 7y ago
  To clarify: Is your workplace asking you to refrain from attending meetings or events, even in your private life, unless it is directly concerning your job there?
  - jcranmer 7y ago
    No, this is in regards to official business travel. Personal travel is entirely separate, and is right now at the stage of "if you visit <any of the hardest-hit countries>, work from home for two weeks before coming into the office."
troydavis 7y ago
On Monday, 200 million kids in China started the semester online (in at least a minimal form): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-china-200-million-kids-have-gone-back-to-school-online/2020/02/17/e5cc6f10-5131-11ea-80ce-37a8d4266c09_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-china-2... "The Ministry of Education on Monday introduced a 'national Internet cloud classroom' supported by more than 7,000 servers and designed to cater to 50 million elementary and middle school students at the same time. Lessons cover 12 academic subjects, including 'moral education' and 'epidemic education.'"
pesfandiar 7y ago
We have a forced 2-week work from home policy for people who've just returned from China. My employer is known to be relatively remote friendly, so it wasn't a huge deal.
PragmaticPulp 7y ago
> It's looking like Coronavirus will be rocket fuel for all things remote. Work, schooling, conferences... I worked at a company that was forced to go all-remote very suddenly when our office space had some issues. We made it work, but it was a struggle. Tossing unprepared people into the deep end of remote work is not a recipe for success. Many of our employees had young children at home and no dedicated, quiet working space. Others couldn't handle the sudden change to remote communication. A few people tried to treat it like an extended vacation, doing the bare minimum to respond to e-mails from their phones. Some people excelled at remote work, but many others failed to adapt. If anything, it turned company leadership off of the idea of remote work for a long, long time.
Alex3917 7y ago
> Anyone seeing concrete signs of this at your employer or school yet? I make software in the workplace collaboration and knowledge sharing space, and we've been seeing a big uptick of interest in the last few weeks. In our case it mostly isn't because of COVID-19, I think there are a couple other macro trends that are driving interest in the space right now and then this will be another one.
ta999999171 7y ago
And totalitarianism.....

by Reedx 7y ago

jcranmer 7y ago

My workplace sent out this update not an hour ago: > From March 2nd, employees should not attend any large meetings or events that are not hosted and controlled by [company], or where attendees cannot be confirmed as following a comparable travel policy. Individual or small group meetings where you can verify the travel histories of all attendees are fine.

jonahbenton 7y ago
Are you US based? Care to say what city?
orhmeh09 7y ago
To clarify: Is your workplace asking you to refrain from attending meetings or events, even in your private life, unless it is directly concerning your job there?
- jcranmer 7y ago
  No, this is in regards to official business travel. Personal travel is entirely separate, and is right now at the stage of "if you visit <any of the hardest-hit countries>, work from home for two weeks before coming into the office."

troydavis 7y ago

On Monday, 200 million kids in China started the semester online (in at least a minimal form): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-china-200-million-kids-have-gone-back-to-school-online/2020/02/17/e5cc6f10-5131-11ea-80ce-37a8d4266c09_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-china-2... "The Ministry of Education on Monday introduced a 'national Internet cloud classroom' supported by more than 7,000 servers and designed to cater to 50 million elementary and middle school students at the same time. Lessons cover 12 academic subjects, including 'moral education' and 'epidemic education.'"

pesfandiar 7y ago

We have a forced 2-week work from home policy for people who've just returned from China. My employer is known to be relatively remote friendly, so it wasn't a huge deal.

PragmaticPulp 7y ago

> It's looking like Coronavirus will be rocket fuel for all things remote. Work, schooling, conferences... I worked at a company that was forced to go all-remote very suddenly when our office space had some issues. We made it work, but it was a struggle. Tossing unprepared people into the deep end of remote work is not a recipe for success. Many of our employees had young children at home and no dedicated, quiet working space. Others couldn't handle the sudden change to remote communication. A few people tried to treat it like an extended vacation, doing the bare minimum to respond to e-mails from their phones. Some people excelled at remote work, but many others failed to adapt. If anything, it turned company leadership off of the idea of remote work for a long, long time.

Alex3917 7y ago

> Anyone seeing concrete signs of this at your employer or school yet? I make software in the workplace collaboration and knowledge sharing space, and we've been seeing a big uptick of interest in the last few weeks. In our case it mostly isn't because of COVID-19, I think there are a couple other macro trends that are driving interest in the space right now and then this will be another one.

ta999999171 7y ago

And totalitarianism.....