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1. There is no need for an employer to surveil you if you do your job. The results will speak for themselves. If your employer can't trust their own employees,
by Xevi 5y ago
1. There is no need for an employer to surveil you if you do your job. The results will speak for themselves. If your employer can't trust their own employees, and wants to surveil them at home, try finding a better employer, because that's fucked up.
2. I've worked from home for 1.5 years now that this has not been a problem at all. I'd say it's quite the opposite. Just schedule a meeting online. It's not any harder than scheduling a meeting in an office.
- akmarinov 5y agoI would argue that async collaboration is better as there’s a “paper” trail of how decisions were reached, instead of some words that were said in a meeting somewhere, which is a huge boon for newcomers.
- p4bl0 5y ago1- No everybody is in a position to do that and many companies are rather shitty on this kind of things. You can't just dismiss those facts by thinking wishfully. 2- Scheduling meetings online can work for people who are already engaged are motivated enough. But that's really not efficient to organize other people, or to be available to help those who are suffering from their working conditions (especially if the problem is related to isolation).
- Xevi 5y ago1. A lot of companies are shitty in a lot of ways. Your only option is to quit is you don't like them, and if you can't change them. There's plenty of companies that don't surveil their employees. I don't see it as an argument against working remotely. I could argue the same thing against working in an office. I don't want a manager dropping by every hour to make sure that I'm working. 2. I only mentioned online meetings because you mentioned meeting people. There's plenty of other ways to organize people online. Emails, chats, calls, issue trackers, etc.