1. Salaries adjusted/reduced for cost of living for at home workers.
2. You are now competing with anyone with a computer anywhere the world for your job….to include AI.
3. In a few years it will become readily apparent that those who are in an office and have actual human contacts/relationships get promoted and raises at a much higher rate.
I am not the only one feeling officesick.
Ha! Not me. I LOVE working from home.
I now have 4 jobs. 2 are working from home. Fun times. :)
No thanks. Would rather work from home.
I was about to say that I know MANY people who will now be working from home, and they LOVE it!
I’m in the ‘vulnerable’ category, and I’m one of the people who are teleworking indefinitely.
I haven’t much minded working from home - I can do most of what I did just as well here at home, as I did in the office - and I can do a lot of it faster and more efficiently without the usual distractions of the workplace.
But I really miss the daily routine, the change in scenery, and seeing my coworkers. I work with a great bunch of people, and I miss the daily interaction with them.
If you work from home, you will be competing with an location with an internet connection. The salary will be adjusted accordingly
I’m glad I went back to the classroom, although it’s a bit of a struggle. Those I know who chose to stay home are having a rougher time, even if there’s no commute.
My husband and I have been teleworking 100 pct since mid-March. I have no desire to return to the office. With email and internet meetings via MS Teams it is not necessary, at least for me. I work in IT, and spend 100 percentbof ky time on the phone or email. No reason for me to druve in to do the same thing at an office desk
Working from home has some definite advantages and disadvantages. The hours have gotten more flexible, I’ve gotten back the commute time, and I have more control over the temperature and distractions. It’s also harder to collaborate and I miss the interaction and social cues.
I would prefer a hybrid arrangement. But that’s not likely.
Those that were getting their meat and potatoes in the same place are missing the meat?
The office used to be somewhat fun when I first started. We could speak freely, had pinup girls in our cubes, drinks were common and dating coworkers wasn’t likely to result in a felony.
Now in the age of political correctness every word is scrutinized and anything can be recorded anytime. The “social” aspect of the office is long gone for this reason.
No thanks. I’d rather work on my computer from a bar anywhere on earth
There are governments (mainly CA, NY and other liberal bastions) talking about a special “office building tax” to de-incentivize working in office buildings and spaces, as well as subsidies for employers encouraging working at home, and direct tax credits for employees to purchase their home office equipment.
While working from home they should make tollhouse cookies to get back their toll.
I’m a system’s engineer, I track the entire system and I did that interacting with engineers. I had a boss once try to castigate me saying “Is all you do is go from office to office to talk to people?”
I replied “Yes, that is my job.” He gave a disgusted grunt and started moving on, the stopped and said “You are right”
I replied “Exactly, I find out from each engineer what’s happening to bring the system as whole together.”
Cannot do that from home. And in reality I mostly cannot work from home, I find too many distractions.
“The workplace is one of the primary places where many people have that social interaction.”
Back when I had co workers, before I was self employed, interacting was something I avoided like the plague.
Not me. I love my aquarium and new fish coworkers.
My company was deemed essential so we’ve been in the office the whole time. I never got to experience the isolation everyone was raving about... :/
I was quite happy working from home, the video meetings etc worked well. Till I got laid off in July now I am retired. But work from home is the future even if companies don’t like it