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Consider the domino effect of these decisions. With WFH culture rising: (Disclosure, I'm 100% in favour of WFH and been doing it for past ~5 years) - Commute t

Consider the domino effect of these decisions. With WFH culture rising: (Disclosure, I'm 100% in favour of WFH and been doing it for past ~5 years) - Commute time is reduced to seconds/minutes - Driving or taking public transportation plummets - Fuel consumption is vastly reduced, taking care of Pollution as well - Rush hour peaks flattens. might still have traffic, but it won't be because of volume of cars. like from accidents or road work - Cook/eat at home vs. going out for lunch solo or with colleagues - Work from home or sometimes go to nearby cafe, the rise of nearby desk options - Dressing up for work, replaced with pijamas! Who needs a suit or any formal wear? - Suburban expansion, city planning project have to be completely revised. - Location becomes irrelevant, housing/rent costs will displace huge amount of families - Office space occupancy plummets and thus impacting commercial real estate. Might see a plan for retrofitting office buildings into residential properties which will increase the inventory of homes and reduction of housing costs in major cities - Group meetings and gathering going digital, will also prevent spread of viruses and general sickness, impacting health care industry and pharmaceuticals - and so many other direct or indirect dominos I haven't mentioned or considered... = Conclusion: Savings are huge for both employees and employers but other in-direct industries will have to reinvent or disappear.

carierx1 6y ago
Great breakdown. WFH really is better at a societal level. The people complaining about it are tremendously self absorbed.
andarleen 6y ago
Yeah but apparently there are people who can't make their own sandwiches because that leads to decision fatigue, and as such remote work sucks. Anyway, sarcasm. I totally support WFH due to less commute time, more money saved, increased productivity and overall higher quality of life, oh and it's much more environmentally friendly.
mokash 6y ago
On a practical level, I agree, working from home is better in many ways. However, you can't forget to think about this on a human level. We are social animals after all. You may not agree but I feel that so much human interaction is non-verbal and it is very difficult to replicate this very natural form of communication over video link. Meetings are great but so many great ideas and initiatives (valuable to your employer or not), friendships, romances and what have you arise from informal and off-the-cuff discussions that take place in offices, at the tea point, at lunch, at 4pm when you are mentally dozing off and the guy next to you starts to talk about how he is remodelling his kitchen. You miss all of that by working from home. The sponteneity, the organic and unplanned human interaction that makes life so great. That being said, I do enjoy working from home but I also like being in the office. Perhaps a more hybrid solution is the future, rather than working from home being the exception, or vice versa.
- Apocryphon 6y ago
  > You may not agree but I feel that so much human interaction is non-verbal and it is very difficult to replicate this very natural form of communication over video link. Maybe this will be the killer app that VR/AR was waiting for. Not entertainment, but enterprise.
  - disgruntledphd2 6y ago
    I'm hopeful for enterprise VR, but timezones are a harsh mistress.
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago
  It's interesting that most of the organisations these announcements have been coming from take the opposite approach when it comes to interacting with their customers. It's almost impossible to talk to someone in person unless you are spending millions.
johnghanks 6y ago
Good riddance.

carierx1 6y ago

Great breakdown. WFH really is better at a societal level. The people complaining about it are tremendously self absorbed.

andarleen 6y ago

Yeah but apparently there are people who can't make their own sandwiches because that leads to decision fatigue, and as such remote work sucks. Anyway, sarcasm. I totally support WFH due to less commute time, more money saved, increased productivity and overall higher quality of life, oh and it's much more environmentally friendly.

mokash 6y ago

On a practical level, I agree, working from home is better in many ways. However, you can't forget to think about this on a human level. We are social animals after all. You may not agree but I feel that so much human interaction is non-verbal and it is very difficult to replicate this very natural form of communication over video link. Meetings are great but so many great ideas and initiatives (valuable to your employer or not), friendships, romances and what have you arise from informal and off-the-cuff discussions that take place in offices, at the tea point, at lunch, at 4pm when you are mentally dozing off and the guy next to you starts to talk about how he is remodelling his kitchen. You miss all of that by working from home. The sponteneity, the organic and unplanned human interaction that makes life so great. That being said, I do enjoy working from home but I also like being in the office. Perhaps a more hybrid solution is the future, rather than working from home being the exception, or vice versa.

Apocryphon 6y ago
> You may not agree but I feel that so much human interaction is non-verbal and it is very difficult to replicate this very natural form of communication over video link. Maybe this will be the killer app that VR/AR was waiting for. Not entertainment, but enterprise.
- disgruntledphd2 6y ago
  I'm hopeful for enterprise VR, but timezones are a harsh mistress.
tonyedgecombe 6y ago
It's interesting that most of the organisations these announcements have been coming from take the opposite approach when it comes to interacting with their customers. It's almost impossible to talk to someone in person unless you are spending millions.

johnghanks 6y ago

Good riddance.