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Keep in mind that those "work from home" jobs depend on people in China labouring away to produce your cheap computer hardware.
by brenden2 7y ago
Keep in mind that those "work from home" jobs depend on people in China labouring away to produce your cheap computer hardware.
- kempbellt 7y agoI'd argue that a large majority of people who have "work from home" computer jobs either already have a computer that they can use for work, or their employer does. Or it can be purchased from already existing inventory (used or new). Also, a computer purchase for an employee isn't usually a frequent occurrence. Maybe once during hire, and once a year to stay up to date (if that). Computer manufacturers can probably take a break for a couple of months and the tech industry will survive.
- brenden2 7y agoIt's naive to think the whole world can just "work from home" indefinitely. Everything's interconnected, and the vast majority of jobs are still jobs that can't be done without humans labouring in meatspace. If you want to pretend the US is some magic island that doesn't depend on China, go for it.
- Noumenon72 7y agoWow, that's scary. I expect these disruptions to continue for eighteen months. If a developer can't get a replacement computer, what good is our home office then?
- brenden2 7y agoLet's hope it never comes to that.
- umanwizard 7y agoIt also depends on people in Arizona laboring away to produce lettuce. What's your point? Nobody ever said that every job could be done from home.
- brenden2 7y agoAgreed, but my point is that the numbers from the report only include US jobs, but they ignore the fact that we have a global economy. Most consumer goods are produced outside the US, and the US also imports a lot of its food (from Mexico, for example).