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I hate to break it to you, but this event as a whole is almost certainly going to be debilitating. WFH advocates will be lucky as hell if this event isn't used
by creato 7y ago
I hate to break it to you, but this event as a whole is almost certainly going to be debilitating. WFH advocates will be lucky as hell if this event isn't used to say "WFH doesn't work" for decades.
Personally, I'm WFHing now and I don't like it. Many things are more of a pain in the ass to get done despite me having access to top quality tools to do them with, and many day to day things are much harder and slower to do (quick chats with coworkers about work tasks).
- jvanderbot 7y agoWe're certainly facing economic ruin. But it is caused by shelter-in-place and mandatory closings. Those businesses set up for, supported by, and easily pivoting to employees who work from home will suffer less damage than those that require (by policy or nature of work), on-site staff. This is why I'm hopeful that WFH will be seen as a net positive, because it is a distributed system more difficult to knock out. WFH will not stave off economic ruin from COVID-19. But it may save many businesses from closing.