Poll of the Day > The global situation has been pretty nice

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I lobe being able to work from home and
not drive anywhere that much! The overblown hysteria makes me laugh and smile as I live the good life at home.

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Honestly, I'm expecting working from home to persist even after the global public health crisis subsides. So many industries have been able to make it work so well that returning to the paradigm of commuting every day would just be unnecessary. It probably won't stick around to quite the same extent, since in-person meetings are nice from time to time, but so many people have been able to drop their commute without losing any productivity that it only makes sense to keep that up. Personally, I'm loving getting up at 8:15 to go to work for 8:30 instead of getting up at 7.

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adjl posted...

Honestly, I'm expecting working from home to persist even after the global public health crisis subsides. So many industries have been able to make it work so well that returning to the paradigm of commuting every day would just be unnecessary.

You think so? I think maybe a few. But probably not a majority, tbh...
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LinkPizza posted...

You think so? I think maybe a few. But probably not a majority, tbh...

Somebody that commutes even just 15 minutes each way (which is pretty short) and works 50 5-day weeks a year spends 125 hours per year simply getting to and from work, to say nothing of the gas, maintenance, and parking costs, plus the infrastructure requirements imposed on the city by their commute (roads, parking, traffic management) and the environmental impacts. In practice, it's common to weave errands into commutes such that that time isn't necessarily completely wasted, but that's still the equivalent of three full work weeks spent travelling back and forth. Free up that time, and they're in a better position to put in longer days if needed, they have more energy available once they're at work and to get necessary chores done once they "get home," you don't have to worry about traffic-related stress impacting their work... provided their work can be done from home without introducing new problems, you get all that benefit at no cost. It just makes sense.

Is it a viable option for every job? Of course not. Probably not even for a majority of jobs (anything public-facing, for example). But there are plenty of jobs that are carried out in person purely because it's tradition to work that way, rather than because it's the best way to do it, and everyone being forced to work from home by this pandemic has demonstrated that.

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King_Dilly posted...

I lobe

lol you lobe

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For the most part I've benefitted from corona. Due to corona I was able to get an 80 acre plot of land and a new home, and get a great job that pays well and is fully remote. I also made a ton of money buying gun stock at the beginning of the year and selling it.

Of course now there's is a giant wildfire at my door and I likely won't have my home soon, but we can rebuild

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Yeah. But a lot of those jobs already knew that working for home worked. Especially since many places offered that as an option in certain cases. Its not like they didnt know or understand. Especially if people used the same reasoning you did. I feel after the pandemic is over, a majority of those jobs will probably go back to in office work. That being said, it depends on what they consider over...
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you lobe it? like with your earlobes? i dont wanna hear about this perverted shit

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OniRonin posted...

you lobe it? like with your earlobes? i dont wanna hear about this perverted shit

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Mead posted...

keep this shit outta my site. i dont want to read or see anything about oo-mox except for rom/jadzia slashfic please

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