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Potential downsides include: 1. Increased eye strain from staring at a screen all day. Look up "Computer Vision" 2. "Zoom" fatigue. Less participation in meet
by eezurr 6y ago
Potential downsides include:
1. Increased eye strain from staring at a screen all day. Look up "Computer Vision"
2. "Zoom" fatigue. Less participation in meetings because interruptions need to be repeated to be heard.
3. More hours sitting in the same chair in the same position.
4. No pre/post meeting conversation to catch up/tie up loose ends. (This wont work in a zoom meeting where you cant turn and lower your voice to the person sitting next to you).
5. Now no second place. The US is already losing it's third place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place . Where are you going to make friends and find a romantic partner?
6. Transfer of real estate cost to employees. Especially couples. Now you might need two offices in your house.
7. Machine learning employee monitoring programs. i.e. spyware on your own computers. Is your APM up to par? Cant fake me you scrag.
8. Video monitoring in your own home. Can your boss see (and hear?) you working at your desk?
9. Habit building: used to hit the gym before heading home? Now it's less convenient to get there.
10. You now have to feed yourself, at your own expense. You get to clean the mess too.
11. Live in a the city in a tiny bedroom or studio apartment? Do you have roommates? Have fun working in that environment all day.
12. Attention seeking children/pets at home while you're trying to work
13. No more office perks.
14. Have an annoying neighbor who wont turn the music down? Live next to a hospital?
I could go on