Companies are on the war path against remote work

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Commute and traffic were awful this week on the beltway.

Public transit is a thing.

A dying thing.

An untimely, super long, unsafe, thing!

so ignorant. It's much, much, much safer than driving. It's also not any longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord are there people who actually believe that someone shopping at Target at 2 pm is not capable of being supremely productive for their company? How antiquated.

2pm is still in prime work hours, for all of the US. NO you cannot be supremely productive from Target mid-day.

There I said it.

No I'm not a dinosaur, grandma, or meemaw. I'm still in my 30s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord are there people who actually believe that someone shopping at Target at 2 pm is not capable of being supremely productive for their company? How antiquated.

2pm is still in prime work hours, for all of the US. NO you cannot be supremely productive from Target mid-day.

There I said it.

No I'm not a dinosaur, grandma, or meemaw. I'm still in my 30s.

You don’t know there are 3 different time zones? What if I primarily work with staff in London. Since it’s 8 PM there am I allowed to do my Target run at 2 PM so I can hold 7 AM calls with the London team?

You don’t seem to understand that technology improves efficiencies.

[Anonymous]

^4 time zones!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord are there people who actually believe that someone shopping at Target at 2 pm is not capable of being supremely productive for their company? How antiquated.

2pm is still in prime work hours, for all of the US. NO you cannot be supremely productive from Target mid-day.

There I said it.

No I'm not a dinosaur, grandma, or meemaw. I'm still in my 30s.

You don’t know there are 3 different time zones? What if I primarily work with staff in London. Since it’s 8 PM there am I allowed to do my Target run at 2 PM so I can hold 7 AM calls with the London team?

You don’t seem to understand that technology improves efficiencies.

When did London relocate to the US?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Commute and traffic were awful this week on the beltway.

Public transit is a thing.

A dying thing.

An untimely, super long, unsafe, thing!

Yeah because being on a four-lane highway in a gigantic metal box going 40 mph, surrounded by people doing the same thing who could wildly differ in age & experience is soooo safe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Commute and traffic were awful this week on the beltway.

Public transit is a thing.

A dying thing.

An untimely, super long, unsafe, thing!

so ignorant. It's much, much, much safer than driving. It's also not any longer.

For most people driving is 1/2 the time. For my office, I can drive to the office in the time it would take to simply walk to the station from my office.

Agreed, your risk of dying is higher in a car, but risk of crime is much higher in metro these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Commute and traffic were awful this week on the beltway.

Public transit is a thing.

A dying thing.

An untimely, super long, unsafe, thing!

so ignorant. It's much, much, much safer than driving. It's also not any longer.

For most people driving is 1/2 the time. For my office, I can drive to the office in the time it would take to simply walk to the station from my office.

Agreed, your risk of dying is higher in a car, but risk of crime is much higher in metro these days.

Who the hell cares? On AVERAGE taking public transport in this area is faster and safer unless you leave your house at 4:00 am and return home at 8:00 pm I'm not talking about people who live in DC proper. And no, metro is not riskier than driving. Also, it's much better for the environment not to drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord are there people who actually believe that someone shopping at Target at 2 pm is not capable of being supremely productive for their company? How antiquated.

2pm is still in prime work hours, for all of the US. NO you cannot be supremely productive from Target mid-day.

There I said it.

No I'm not a dinosaur, grandma, or meemaw. I'm still in my 30s.

You don’t know there are 3 different time zones? What if I primarily work with staff in London. Since it’s 8 PM there am I allowed to do my Target run at 2 PM so I can hold 7 AM calls with the London team?

You don’t seem to understand that technology improves efficiencies.

When did London relocate to the US?

The point is that NO 2 PM is NOT prime working hours for everyone in the US. It’s like SAHMs have no understanding of the workplace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord are there people who actually believe that someone shopping at Target at 2 pm is not capable of being supremely productive for their company? How antiquated.

2pm is still in prime work hours, for all of the US. NO you cannot be supremely productive from Target mid-day.

There I said it.

No I'm not a dinosaur, grandma, or meemaw. I'm still in my 30s.

You don’t know there are 3 different time zones? What if I primarily work with staff in London. Since it’s 8 PM there am I allowed to do my Target run at 2 PM so I can hold 7 AM calls with the London team?

You don’t seem to understand that technology improves efficiencies.

When did London relocate to the US?

The point is that NO 2 PM is NOT prime working hours for everyone in the US. It’s like SAHMs have no understanding of the workplace.

But it is to MOST. I'm working with people who exclusively work with people on the east coast and they are doing all sorts of personal things during the day and emailing me back at 11:00 pm or even 2:00 am. How is that ok? It most certainly isn't productive since I have to wait 24 hours on their answer to get the rest of my job done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Commute and traffic were awful this week on the beltway.

Public transit is a thing.

A dying thing.

An untimely, super long, unsafe, thing!

so ignorant. It's much, much, much safer than driving. It's also not any longer.

For most people driving is 1/2 the time. For my office, I can drive to the office in the time it would take to simply walk to the station from my office.

Agreed, your risk of dying is higher in a car, but risk of crime is much higher in metro these days.

Who the hell cares? On AVERAGE taking public transport in this area is faster and safer unless you leave your house at 4:00 am and return home at 8:00 pm I'm not talking about people who live in DC proper. And no, metro is not riskier than driving. Also, it's much better for the environment not to drive.

Metro is much more expensive for me than driving and I don’t live close to a station anyway. No thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord are there people who actually believe that someone shopping at Target at 2 pm is not capable of being supremely productive for their company? How antiquated.

2pm is still in prime work hours, for all of the US. NO you cannot be supremely productive from Target mid-day.

There I said it.

No I'm not a dinosaur, grandma, or meemaw. I'm still in my 30s.

You don’t know there are 3 different time zones? What if I primarily work with staff in London. Since it’s 8 PM there am I allowed to do my Target run at 2 PM so I can hold 7 AM calls with the London team?

You don’t seem to understand that technology improves efficiencies.

I do 7am meetings London, 11-4 NY and towards end of Day San Fran. Sunday nights Asia and India.

My U.K. people usually available to 5pm DC time. My San Fran People till 2 am DC time. We all our online 16 hours a day. I don’t sleep much I am online 18 hours a day 7 days a week.

I only work 8-9 hours a day but I am available. And if I did go to target I have laptop in car so can use hotspot.

That is how real remote works as companies are open 24/7 and staff is all over the globe.

If fed workers did real remote they beg to go back in person with no remote access

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Commute and traffic were awful this week on the beltway.

Public transit is a thing.

A dying thing.

An untimely, super long, unsafe, thing!

so ignorant. It's much, much, much safer than driving. It's also not any longer.

For most people driving is 1/2 the time. For my office, I can drive to the office in the time it would take to simply walk to the station from my office.

Agreed, your risk of dying is higher in a car, but risk of crime is much higher in metro these days.

Who the hell cares? On AVERAGE taking public transport in this area is faster and safer unless you leave your house at 4:00 am and return home at 8:00 pm I'm not talking about people who live in DC proper. And no, metro is not riskier than driving. Also, it's much better for the environment not to drive.

Metro is much more expensive for me than driving and I don’t live close to a station anyway. No thank you.

You chose to live in a desolate area, so you can put up with a car commute & stop whining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord are there people who actually believe that someone shopping at Target at 2 pm is not capable of being supremely productive for their company? How antiquated.

It’s a SAHM saying that. Their job is not to think

While it is unquestionably true that *some* employees who are shopping at Target at 2 pm are high performers who are supremely productive for their company, my strong suspicion is that *most* of the employees who are shopping at Target at 2 pm on a WFH day are slacking off. IME extremely high performance employees get a lot of slack as a practical matter, whatever the formal policies, but it is simply true that there are a lot of people abusing work from home while claiming to be highly productive—and that category is ruining it for everybody.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord are there people who actually believe that someone shopping at Target at 2 pm is not capable of being supremely productive for their company? How antiquated.

It’s a SAHM saying that. Their job is not to think

While it is unquestionably true that *some* employees who are shopping at Target at 2 pm are high performers who are supremely productive for their company, my strong suspicion is that *most* of the employees who are shopping at Target at 2 pm on a WFH day are slacking off. IME extremely high performance employees get a lot of slack as a practical matter, whatever the formal policies, but it is simply true that there are a lot of people abusing work from home while claiming to be highly productive—and that category is ruining it for everybody.

And you’re convinced that if these same people were physically in the office at 2 PM, they would be productively working? Because I doubt anything would change besides their location.