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We'll be writing about why this is for years. COVID gave people or in many cases made people re-evaluate what's important to them and many people concluded tha
by kelseyfrog 2y ago
We'll be writing about why this is for years.
COVID gave people or in many cases made people re-evaluate what's important to them and many people concluded that their work-life balance placed too much importance on work. People had been thinking, what parts of their life were they willing to give up for work, but now the question of what parts of work are they willing to give up for their life is considered a valid, and possible decision.
This decision wasn't made in the abstract; WFH gave people real experience in what they would gain and lose by not going into the office, and what they would gain and lose by not commuting, and in many many cases, the tradeoff was worth it.
- Clubber 2y agoI feel like a lot of this could be solved with a month long holiday like they do in Europe. US workers are lucky to get a few days off in a row without interruption. Open office is also just horrendous.
- foretop_yardarm 2y agoFor me, regardless of the length of the holiday, the second I’m back at work it’s like I was never away at all (in a bad way). And I work from home.
- kelseyfrog 2y ago> I feel like a lot of this could be solved with a month long holiday like they do in Europe. It could, but my initial assessment is that US workers tend to not make the connection that a reduced social safety net raises the stakes of employment and results in workers eventually playing a game of chicken sacrificing aspects of their quality of life like vacation, commute, and environment for job security.
- jmathai 2y agoI think people realized, in part as a result of changes from Covid, that they don’t care about work as much as they thought. And when they evaluate what they are willing to give up moving forward, it looks a lot different than it did pre Covid.