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This is just flamebait. I think remote work is generally inferior to in-person, but blaming its persistence on lazy or scared workers is just childish, it's try

This is just flamebait. I think remote work is generally inferior to in-person, but blaming its persistence on lazy or scared workers is just childish, it's trying to pick a fight where there isn't one. It's like some charicature of propaganda. Companies can decide with their employees what model best meets their goals. Nobody gives a shit about or owes anything to corporate real estate.

darkclouds 3y ago
> This is just flamebait. The internet enables people to work from home where ever it is in the world, whatever time zone in the world. So unless you are a business owner who would rival Hitler or Mussolini in the control freak stakes, the business gets to offload the cost of housing and furnishing employees in an office back onto the employee. The smart employee working from home no longer has to look at purchasing a home in the staid commuter belt, but can choose from any location where the internet can reach, which thanks to Uncle Elon and his Starlink satellites is pretty much anywhere on this planet. You want to spend a year living in Iceland, to help their economy, and experience life as an extreme petrolhead, you can do that. You want to camp out in an African village, living like a king on the exchange rate whilst helping to raise living standards by spending in the local economy, you can do that. They say charity begins at home, why even restrict yourself to a 1st world country, funding corrupt politicians at national and local levels, go live somewhere else where the organic food cost pennies and everyone is happy because of the input you bring to those less developed parts of the world. How quickly could you bring water to a village in Africa, if you decided to live there, knowing that Uncle Elon has your back with your Starlink internet connection? Some businesses are behind the curve when it comes to selling up office blocks or reprovisioning them into homes as this news article from 2019 demonstrates. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47720887 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47720887 Spread the wealth where it matters most by living in a 3rd world country where your boss cant get you!

darkclouds 3y ago

> This is just flamebait. The internet enables people to work from home where ever it is in the world, whatever time zone in the world. So unless you are a business owner who would rival Hitler or Mussolini in the control freak stakes, the business gets to offload the cost of housing and furnishing employees in an office back onto the employee. The smart employee working from home no longer has to look at purchasing a home in the staid commuter belt, but can choose from any location where the internet can reach, which thanks to Uncle Elon and his Starlink satellites is pretty much anywhere on this planet. You want to spend a year living in Iceland, to help their economy, and experience life as an extreme petrolhead, you can do that. You want to camp out in an African village, living like a king on the exchange rate whilst helping to raise living standards by spending in the local economy, you can do that. They say charity begins at home, why even restrict yourself to a 1st world country, funding corrupt politicians at national and local levels, go live somewhere else where the organic food cost pennies and everyone is happy because of the input you bring to those less developed parts of the world. How quickly could you bring water to a village in Africa, if you decided to live there, knowing that Uncle Elon has your back with your Starlink internet connection? Some businesses are behind the curve when it comes to selling up office blocks or reprovisioning them into homes as this news article from 2019 demonstrates. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47720887 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47720887 Spread the wealth where it matters most by living in a 3rd world country where your boss cant get you!