Post ATv03NEe5dQXoSrXUW by sarahm@fiasco.social
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(DIR) Post #ATv03IBcrR2a9ePYae by sarahm@fiasco.social
2023-03-22T21:26:12Z
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The NYT ran an opinion piece today, "Is Working From Home Really Working?" You are smart and can probably tell from the headline alone that the piece itself is not working--and in the same way it accuses American workers--has a bad attitudeIt is a fine example of muddy thinking and just embarrassingly bad writing. So it's unclear why the Times--which, btw, was a forerunner in allowing some staff to work from home about two decades ago--would publish it
(DIR) Post #ATv03NEe5dQXoSrXUW by sarahm@fiasco.social
2023-03-22T21:29:13Z
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There is a lot to say about the piece, and I'm not going to say most of it; the 2,300+ comments are surprisingly good. But it surely must have drawn an editor's notice when the third graf tried to pass this off:"Until Covid, most employed Americans had workdays that followed a decades-old pattern: Wake up, shower, breakfast, commute, spend at least eight hours in an office or a factory, commute home and maybe enjoy a glass of wine or a beer."
(DIR) Post #ATv03RMElLsObAResa by sarahm@fiasco.social
2023-03-22T21:31:03Z
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I'm not sure whose day that is describing, but I gather somebody without kids, who doesn't need to eat lunch or dinner, take care of their home, their health, their loved ones, or connect with other humans outside work
(DIR) Post #ATv03WNU68qSAU4E1A by sarahm@fiasco.social
2023-03-22T21:32:10Z
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The lack of understanding and critical thinking are *breathtaking*
(DIR) Post #ATv03apzW61a03R30S by sarahm@fiasco.social
2023-03-22T21:39:39Z
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Ok, I'm rereading the whole thing and getting mad again, because the assumption it's relying on are disproven by almost all available data and anecdata. The logic is...missing. And the only case it could possibly be trying to make is that rich people aren't benefiting enough from exploitation these days. I don't want to spend my emotional energy analyzing this mess
(DIR) Post #ATv03dzfmYYFmwzK0u by sarahm@fiasco.social
2023-03-22T21:40:02Z
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But I will say: when you are at the point of blaming SVB's collapse on remote work, you have well and truly shown your whole ass. The writer manages Bloomberg's money, and his explanation for the bank failure is that the execs didn't all work in the office all the time ðŸ«
(DIR) Post #ATv08EP0MFYvrl1YvY by dbsmasher@fiasco.social
2023-03-22T23:24:15Z
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@sarahm that is some bullshit. Thank you for taking one for the team and warning me to avoid this garbage. 💖
(DIR) Post #ATv08EpEmiXvB7IVoe by bigbee@techhub.social
2023-03-23T01:44:45Z
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@dbsmasher @sarahm This is the new, undeniable reality.
(DIR) Post #ATv09bR4CqiXalduRU by NJDavidD@noc.social
2023-03-23T10:34:31Z
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@sarahm The noise floor on the subject of remote and hybrid work is huge right now, and most articles are just reflections of the bias of the firm's / organization's senior management. What everyone needs to do is focus on the facts. *The economy didn't fall apart when we all had to work remotely for ~3 years. Businesses thrived plus or minus supply chain issues.*We need to take to heart what was better and what was not and continue to evolve and grow as a society.