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Gartner: 51% of global knowledge workers will be remote by the end of 2021

42 points by starkd 5y ago

tech-historian 5y ago
I'm not sure why this is an interesting stat. I'd argue far more than 51% of global knowledge workers are working remote right now, and have been since the start of the pandemic.
josefresco 5y ago
I had to look up Knowledge Worker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_worker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_worker It seems ... mushy. Is this an accepted categorization? This is the first time I've heard it, and I've been a pro tech dude for 20+ years.
- aaron-santos 5y ago
  I can see how it would be useful when talking about social reproduction theory, but I would still tend to favor PMC in those conversations.
- starkd 5y ago
  It looks like knowledge worker is more than just IT and software. As the wiki says, it encompasses all those "who think for a living". Perhaps a little condescending to suggest that people that can't work from home don't think for al living, but I get the point.
- EricE 5y ago
  "It seems ... mushy" Welcome to Gartner corporate speak! Consider yourself lucky that such terminology is foreign to you.
- NonEUCitizen 5y ago
  Netherlands has a visa for Kennismigrant -- "Knowledge Migrant" https://ind.nl/werk/werken-in-Nederland/Paginas/Kennismigrant.aspx https://ind.nl/werk/werken-in-Nederland/Paginas/Kennismigran...
- cyberbanjo 5y ago
  I first encountered the term in Peter Druckers "Managing Oneself" and a cursory Google search indicated he coined it. Similar term "Knowledge economy". https://medium.com/@leenasn/managing-oneself-book-summary-4e592909e5db https://medium.com/@leenasn/managing-oneself-book-summary-4e...
nathanaldensr 5y ago
This will drive PC and tablet shipments to over 500 million units Only if, you know, chips are available.
- rightbyte 5y ago
  I am not sure why remote work would drive demand for tablets. I prefer desktops and I find the move to laptops in corporations as quite sad and wasteful since they have to be replaced so ofent. Maybe home offices will make desktops more common.
  - SlipperySlope 5y ago
    Many, like me, run dual monitors from the laptop with wireless keyboard and mouse in the home office. Laptop itself gets no wear.
  - starkd 5y ago
    I guess tablets allow you to respond if you aren't at your desk.
scotuswroteus 5y ago
Me: 15% of headlines generated about WFH by high gloss grift outfits will bare any nexus whatsoever to the substance in the reports those headlines describe.

42 points by starkd 5y ago

I'm not sure why this is an interesting stat. I'd argue far more than 51% of global knowledge workers are working remote right now, and have been since the start of the pandemic.

josefresco 5y ago

I had to look up Knowledge Worker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_worker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_worker It seems ... mushy. Is this an accepted categorization? This is the first time I've heard it, and I've been a pro tech dude for 20+ years.

aaron-santos 5y ago
I can see how it would be useful when talking about social reproduction theory, but I would still tend to favor PMC in those conversations.
starkd 5y ago
It looks like knowledge worker is more than just IT and software. As the wiki says, it encompasses all those "who think for a living". Perhaps a little condescending to suggest that people that can't work from home don't think for al living, but I get the point.
EricE 5y ago
"It seems ... mushy" Welcome to Gartner corporate speak! Consider yourself lucky that such terminology is foreign to you.
NonEUCitizen 5y ago
Netherlands has a visa for Kennismigrant -- "Knowledge Migrant" https://ind.nl/werk/werken-in-Nederland/Paginas/Kennismigrant.aspx https://ind.nl/werk/werken-in-Nederland/Paginas/Kennismigran...
cyberbanjo 5y ago
I first encountered the term in Peter Druckers "Managing Oneself" and a cursory Google search indicated he coined it. Similar term "Knowledge economy". https://medium.com/@leenasn/managing-oneself-book-summary-4e592909e5db https://medium.com/@leenasn/managing-oneself-book-summary-4e...

nathanaldensr 5y ago

This will drive PC and tablet shipments to over 500 million units Only if, you know, chips are available.

rightbyte 5y ago
I am not sure why remote work would drive demand for tablets. I prefer desktops and I find the move to laptops in corporations as quite sad and wasteful since they have to be replaced so ofent. Maybe home offices will make desktops more common.
- SlipperySlope 5y ago
  Many, like me, run dual monitors from the laptop with wireless keyboard and mouse in the home office. Laptop itself gets no wear.
- starkd 5y ago
  I guess tablets allow you to respond if you aren't at your desk.

scotuswroteus 5y ago

Me: 15% of headlines generated about WFH by high gloss grift outfits will bare any nexus whatsoever to the substance in the reports those headlines describe.