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This is going to shock people, but remote work was very common for blue-collar workers in the 1800s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putting-out_system https://e
by crotchfire 3y ago
This is going to shock people, but remote work was very common for blue-collar workers in the 1800s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putting-out_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putting-out_system
- dandy23 3y agoI think in this setting (WFH) blue collar job also means hospital jobs, restaurant, r&d lab workers, teachers, sales etc, i.e. any kind of job where one cannot physically work from home.
- XorNot 3y agoYes imagine if the physical requirements of those jobs were rewarded with some type of additional monetary compensation, given the demands placed upon the workers...
- SauciestGNU 3y agoWhen covid first hit I was working with a lot of laboratory scientists in R&D. I can promise you that even the most gifted scientists weren't making a substantial monetary premium, except for the handful who were individually responsible for breakthroughs that led to commercially successful pharmaceutical products. The market for laboratory scientists is fairly saturated and the wages are much lower than you might expect, given the relative importance of the work to society.
- soneca 3y agoNot “shock” precisely, but definitely an interesting surprise to me. Thanks for posting this
- legitster 3y agoThis is still common in many places. I remember reading somewhere that some items in IKEA were essentially home made in places like India or Vietnam. Things like brooms and rugs.
- orbisvicis 3y agoHeh that sounds like the workers worked from home while management had to go in.