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I feel like the blue collar economy is still dictating the reality of the white collar economy. They work service hours where you have to literally be somewhere
by runawaybottle 6y ago
I feel like the blue collar economy is still dictating the reality of the white collar economy. They work service hours where you have to literally be somewhere for a shift. That is what is defining the standard for other types of work in a misguided fashion. It took a global pandemic to have companies come to their senses (by sheer force) to make remote work a first class citizen. Change is too slow because we’re tied to antiquated concepts.
Why are some professions doing a shift? Does your software open at 8am and then close up for the night at 5pm? If so, then yeah you need shift workers. If not, then please, just stop it.
- benibela 6y agoMany libraries (the book kind) turn their webpage catalogue off for the night and turn it back on in the morning
- tokai 6y agoNever heard of this. Could you give an example of a library that does this?
- benibela 6y agoThis one in Germany: https://webopac.stadtbibliothek-aachen.de/libero/WebOpac.cls/ https://webopac.stadtbibliothek-aachen.de/libero/WebOpac.cls... And probably all that use such a webopac system
- tokai 6y agoah interesting. Up here in DK its been the opposite the last decade. With patrons being able to access the physical library out of hours.
- Noos 6y ago...you really want to be on call 24 hours a day? Because that is what you are asking for. The shifts are good for you, because they limit the times when work can command your presence and force businesses to hire multiple people to staff the day. Remote work is already showing the flaws of the reverse, because now people have issues separating work and real life since there is no clearly modeled time delineation any more.