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I will agree that that particular part of the write up is suspect, who exactly said this beyond those nameless “business leaders” that are just now realizing re
by phatskat 3y ago
I will agree that that particular part of the write up is suspect, who exactly said this beyond those nameless “business leaders” that are just now realizing remote work is a thing? I wouldn’t argue that frontline workers haven’t harbored some resentment to remote coworkers as remote work got more widespread, the framing of it being a new thing seems disingenuous.
The overall takeaway I got is that the better approach is to bring better value to the frontline workers to make up for the discrepancies in “fairness” - honestly, this should have been the thinking from the on-set.
> The need for people to go back to the office is not driven by some sudden compassionate drive to equalise workplace differences. It's driven by an entire class of asset for the very wealthy becoming almost worthless.
I didn’t see anything suggesting this as a remedy in TFA, though I’ll go read it again in a bit. Completely agree that the only reasonable defense of any push to end work from home is to make up for real estate investment
- marcus_holmes 3y ago> The overall takeaway I got is that the better approach is to bring better value to the frontline workers to make up for the discrepancies in “fairness” - honestly, this should have been the thinking from the on-set. Exactly. Things weren't fair back in 2019, but no-one cared back then because it was just front-line workers. Like you, I'd applaud any effort to improve conditions for front-line workers. But that's not the motivation here, and I very much doubt that WFH policies would be the first thing that front-line workers would suggest to improve their lives.