Imagine that the “covid economy” could’ve been the first step to long term survival of the species
There are theories about climate lockdowns to slow down pollution seeing how well it worked during Covid unintentionally. Personally I would froth for a periodic lockdown where everyone stayed home and chilled
Tbh, I really enjoyed the lockdowns. We have young children and I got to spend so much time with them. I got much closer to them than I ever could have without covid. Was stressful though my wife and I had to work in shifts, so that one of us could be with the children, so long days.
But now they are in school and I think lockdowns are not that great for young school-children. So, I am undecided. Maybe a lock down excluding schools up to year 8 or so.
Lockdowns provided short term relief for reducing GHG but later bounced back to pre-COVID levels [1]
Long term we need to improve the efficiency at the source (power generation) and get rid of O&G dependency. In addition, transform cities to become less car dependent (the microplastics from ICE/EV based cars tire wear is not good) Also Western diets have to change (reduced meat consumption).
I do like the idea of keeping WFH as an option though. The mandatory RTO sentiment of C-level executives is annoying to say the least and data is not backing up their reasoning. Keep an office for the people that prefer it and reduce the office footprint. Gather data over time and let teams and team leaders decide.
long term survival of the species
Bro that went out the window when people were fighting over 🧻 and causing local supply issues at grocery stores.
The fact that there’s still any debate regarding viability of working from home after we’ve had definitive proof of that during the pandemic is absolutely surreal.
I wonder though if in the near future because of the popularity of work-from-home the boundaries between public life and private life could errode more. Prior to work-from-home many employers already assumed they could contact their employees any day, any time, and expect prompt action/response. Once a living-space is also a work-space why shouldn’t I encourage my employees (who I don’t have, I’m not an employer) to work extra hours? They’re already not commuting, that’s time they could be working.
That’s definitely a danger, work already bleeds into private life with people being expected to be always connected and available. Lack of clearly defined boundaries between work and home could make that worse.
So much noise and fud about remote work going on.
Meanwhile most of the job postings I see are saying “remote” if it can be. Seems like common sense budgets are winning this battle.
There’s a trend of companies requiring workers to show up at the office for two or three days a week. It’s a real thing; my office requires three days for people that live in the area. Several friends of mine are seeing similar policies at their offices.
Some people just aren’t productive at home. That’s why our office set the new policy. We didn’t want to lose good talent. Fortunately for me I live 100 miles away and work fine from home.
The ads for remote work are generally trying to hire experts that would otherwise be unwilling to move.
