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>The idea of fully remote work becoming the norm has come and gone The idea has always been there, it was never new, and it didn’t go anywhere and I don’t thin
by AHOHA 3y ago
>The idea of fully remote work becoming the norm has come and gone
The idea has always been there, it was never new, and it didn’t go anywhere and I don’t think it’s going anywhere either.
And then the article says
>and the technology is not yet good enough that people can be full remote forever, particularly on startups."
Followed by at the end
>He also worries some might be freeing up time by using A.I. tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4—time that his company isn’t utilizing.
So, I think the technology IS too good for remote work that companies couldn’t tell if they’re properly enslaving their employees or not, that they fear those employees are still maintaining the required productivity output without being miserable for once.
- spiderfarmer 3y agoCompanies are already unable to check if they are utilising their employees time efficiently. People can look awfully busy without doing anything of value. And at some point you want to use strict monitoring (perhaps assisted by AI) to keep tabs on them, they can just as easily work from home. But I doubt that's legal.
- red-iron-pine 3y agomonitoring your use of company assets at home is plenty legal. like, companies can force you to keep your camera on. they already track away time, number of keystrokes per hour, and can parse your MS Teams calls and provide transcripts -- they even do this for end users. Legal Hold software already does this if you need to flag a user. It's not GPT-4 but you can get pretty good insights into what your workers are or are not doing.
- mk67 3y agoe.g. not legal in Germany