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OP is talking about office jobs, your 2/3 stat is for all jobs. I think he's wrong though. Most office jobs should be capable of being remote, unless the mgmt
by greedo 5y ago
OP is talking about office jobs, your 2/3 stat is for all jobs.
I think he's wrong though. Most office jobs should be capable of being remote, unless the mgmt is unwilling to make changes to the modern world.
- fluoridation 5y agoNote that what I'm saying is not that most office jobs can't be done remotely at all. What I'm saying is that most can't be done remotely without harming productivity in some way. For example, if someone can do their job entirely by themselves and only needs to periodic check ins to report progress, yes, that person can remotely just fine. If someone works in a closely-knit team where interaction needs to be frequent and someone in that team can't adapt to remote work productivity is going to suffer by having everyone in physically different locations. I don't think it's as simple as "management doesn't want WFH because of a temper tantrum".
- greedo 5y agoI think it's incumbent on those professing a job can't be done remotely to demonstrate it. My mgmt hasn't done it beyond bland platitudes about culture and teamwork, despite record setting sales and profits the last 2 years. It's about control for most mgmt.