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> enough that employers have to reckon with us No really, they don’t. You are confusing what you want with what’s happening.

ath3nd 2y ago
> No really, they don’t. Oh, really, they do. And no amount of corporate boot-licking can change that. It's, and always will be, worker power. > You are confusing what you want with what’s happening. It's possible that you are confusing a potentially bad situation you are in, with what's happening to the rest of the worker force, many of who are empowered and hold a considerable bargaining power in the market. More and more of us have been getting a 4 day work week without the loss of pay, and the right to work remotely. I, for example, am happily on a 4 day work week, and haven't been to the office in 3 years, and so are many of my colleagues and many other people in the industry. No amount of corp simping or RTO mandate will bring this back. Remote work: - https://remoteok.com/ https://remoteok.com/ - https://business.gov.nl/running-your-business/staff/health-and-safety-at-work/working-from-home-your-employees-rights/ https://business.gov.nl/running-your-business/staff/health-a... 4 day work week: - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/81percent-of-young-people-say-4-day-workweek-would-boost-productivity-survey-reports.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/81percent-of-young-people-sa... - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/03/opinions/32-hour-work-week-sanders/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/03/opinions/32-hour-work-wee... - https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1234271434/4-day-workweek-successful-a-year-later-in-uk https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1234271434/4-day-workweek-suc... - https://fortune.com/europe/2023/09/04/scotland-4-day-work-week-pilot-civil-servants/ https://fortune.com/europe/2023/09/04/scotland-4-day-work-we... - https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/feb/21/four-day-week-uk-trial-success-pattern https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/feb/21/four-day-week-... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/business/four-day-work-week-uk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/business/four-day-work-we...

ath3nd 2y ago

> No really, they don’t. Oh, really, they do. And no amount of corporate boot-licking can change that. It's, and always will be, worker power. > You are confusing what you want with what’s happening. It's possible that you are confusing a potentially bad situation you are in, with what's happening to the rest of the worker force, many of who are empowered and hold a considerable bargaining power in the market. More and more of us have been getting a 4 day work week without the loss of pay, and the right to work remotely. I, for example, am happily on a 4 day work week, and haven't been to the office in 3 years, and so are many of my colleagues and many other people in the industry. No amount of corp simping or RTO mandate will bring this back. Remote work: - https://remoteok.com/ https://remoteok.com/ - https://business.gov.nl/running-your-business/staff/health-and-safety-at-work/working-from-home-your-employees-rights/ https://business.gov.nl/running-your-business/staff/health-a... 4 day work week: - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/81percent-of-young-people-say-4-day-workweek-would-boost-productivity-survey-reports.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/81percent-of-young-people-sa... - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/03/opinions/32-hour-work-week-sanders/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/03/opinions/32-hour-work-wee... - https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1234271434/4-day-workweek-successful-a-year-later-in-uk https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1234271434/4-day-workweek-suc... - https://fortune.com/europe/2023/09/04/scotland-4-day-work-week-pilot-civil-servants/ https://fortune.com/europe/2023/09/04/scotland-4-day-work-we... - https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/feb/21/four-day-week-uk-trial-success-pattern https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/feb/21/four-day-week-... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/business/four-day-work-week-uk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/business/four-day-work-we...