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A natural development of the remote work capability sparked by Covid-19 in an accelerated way. One of the major drives for offices was the growth of manufacturi
by aurizon 6y ago
A natural development of the remote work capability sparked by Covid-19 in an accelerated way. One of the major drives for offices was the growth of manufacturing businesses that required an overlay of administrative workers to deal with orders for new goods and buying the parts being used as specialty parts makers emerged(nuts/bolts/transistors/IC etc), as well as the need to measure output, pay wages, collect invoices etc. The old business model did not trust unwatched, unmeasured workers - this has changed. All order flow, wages, parts buying etc, can now be done online, and measured online = OK to pay online. This is a new freedom for businesses as well as workers to eliminate the tedious drive to and from work, to buy lunches away from home, to buy and maintain suits of clothes - working naked is fine as far as productions is concerned, and you can even get a suited zoom avatar that takes part naked with a smart cam topping it off with a face view so non-one knows you are naked. Racial/gender bias can vanish, who knows who is behind a neutral avatar.
Cities will grit their teeth and try to outlaw/tax 'sheds'
The great human diaspora is upon us, rejoice...
As for large centers, a great levelling will occur. Rents and property values will decline. Some businesses will adapt - some not. New tenants will live in re-purposed offices - new plumbing/wiring needed. Dual use buildings will emerge, with offices on one floor, and workers living on another. Giggers with the capacity to perform 3 or more busines jobs will emerge - who cares as long as the performance metrics are met?
Old style control freaks will rage.
We live in interesting times...
- Lammy 6y agoRemote workers are neither unwatched nor unmeasured. Most of us just don't notice it: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-activity-reports#microsoft-teams-user-activity-report https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-activi...