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Remote work means that anyone can do your job. This is going to make the job market significantly more competitive.

• smt88 6y ago
  It also means you can do your job from anywhere. You could live somewhere less expensive. This is especially meaningful to people with kids. Two working parents have to pay for childcare. If they can move closer to parents, that cost may disappear.
• p2detar 6y ago
  Plenty of people that don’t and won’t agree to work remotely. Not to mention that working from home hardly appeals to extroverts.
  • beart 6y ago
    As an introvert working in an open office, I still miss my old schedule (3 days in the office, 2 at home).
    • glial 6y ago
      That's the dream...
      • asdf21 6y ago
        2 in office, 2 from home.
• MattGaiser 6y ago
  80% of jobs are filled through networks anyway, so unless that changes, it doesn't really change a lot except for those just entering the workforce or those without a strong network.
  • notahacker 6y ago
    A lot of that 80% of jobs being filled through networks is 'X that I don't work directly with but enjoy having lunch with and happen to know is looking for...' and 'Y whose actual contributions I'm unable to audit who always strikes me as smart and perceptive in watercooler chat'.
    • MattGaiser 6y ago
      Exactly. It often has a fuzzy at best relationship to actual skill but a strong relationship to social likeability.