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> There is no way to guarantee all of this stuff for remote workers. That seems like a non sequitur to me. Are you expecting the employer to guarantee this st
by danaris 5y ago
> There is no way to guarantee all of this stuff for remote workers.
That seems like a non sequitur to me.
Are you expecting the employer to guarantee this stuff? To police an employee's exercising, eating, and meeting people? (Some degree of policing healthiness of workspace seems reasonable, but it can very easily go overboard...)
If resources are made available to help people become more intentional about these things, why would they help people working in an office more than people working from home?
Exercising is much easier if you aren't stuck on a train/in a car on the freeway for an hour every morning and evening.
Eating right is much easier when you have the extra time (and energy) to make a fresh home-cooked meal some or all evenings.
Meeting people is easier when you have the freedom to choose where you live based on where you would prefer, rather than being stuck living within 1-3 hours' drive from a specific office building.
Even having a healthy work area is easier when you have the freedom to design it yourself, rather than having to be in exactly the same cost-efficient cubicle as 999 other employees.
If we can make working from home a norm—for those who want it, for companies for whom it makes sense—a lot of these things can be improved.