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That isn't the full sentence though, the sentence continues "if they’re able." It further states > Working from home will be mandatory for employees based in
by idnefju 7y ago
That isn't the full sentence though, the sentence continues "if they’re able."
It further states
> Working from home will be mandatory for employees based in our Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea offices due in part to government restrictions.
- fbelzile 7y agoTwitter should look into on how working from home affects productivity. I'm sure it'll decrease in the short term. Although, if this goes on long enough, it would be neat to see if people re-establish strong lines of communication and if there are any productivity gains from certain teams. Obviously, I'm not hoping that the virus affects peoples lives longer, but they might as well get some data while there are government restrictions.
- frandroid 7y agoThe lost productivity from WFH will probably be less than the potential lost productivity from infected and dead employees...
- i_am_nomad 7y agoEh, you should meet some of my coworkers.
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoI believe that’s not the point of the comment. The point is that working from home is something employees desire in general, and this is a good opportunity to see if large scale work from home can still function well for a large organization like Twitter. It would be encouraging if they can make it work.
- bcrosby95 7y agoIt requires different management styles and tools. I doubt anyone is going to try particularly hard to make it work well.
- cylinder 7y agoI don't really see any reason why the US shouldn't already be on lockdown the way most of Asia is.
- lanstin 7y agoWe like to wait until it is too late before taking steps.
- dillondoyle 7y agoit's infuriating to me! i cant even get my parents to take it seriously they keep diminishing my concern and dont even bother to read what I send them. I had to mail them supplies! If this does turn out to be a nothingburger (seems most here think that it wont) what's the cost of a hedge/being prepared? a few hundred bucks in non-perishable food you can eat later and changed behaviors should probably be doing anyways?! there's got to be a sensible in between panic bum rushing the store with black friday insanity and doing nothing but repeating the stupid Trump presser TPs
- mntmoss 7y agoThere isn't, not with this kind of stuff. Some things in life are all-or-nothings, comfortably early and overprepared or not prepared at all. In fact I would say most major life events take that pattern. Older people increasingly resemble "survivors" but they may or may not recognize the correlations here.
- pbourke 7y ago> a sensible in between panic bum rushing the store with black friday insanity and doing nothing but repeating the stupid Trump presser TPs Like following the story, figuring it’s an asymmetric risk event and getting prepared a couple of weeks ago?
- dillondoyle 7y agohaha yes that's what i tried to explain to my parents. the hedge costs very little money not getting prepared at least a bit is crazy to me
- The_suffocated 7y ago> Working from home will be mandatory... due in part to government restrictions. What government restrictions? Not sure about South Korea, but to my knowledge, there aren't any government-mandated measures in Hong Kong or Japan that require non-government employees (except school teachers) to work from home. It's up to businesses to decide what they should do.