Last night I had a conversation with journalist Cam Wilson, who brought up something I hadn’t thought about - that the nature of remote work removes the specific geographic friction of changing one’s job. To paraphrase Wilson, when changing job is basically the same as logging into a new Slack, the shift when you start a new position isn’t as significant and, by that same logic, leaving a job is no longer a situation that involves uprooting your life and changing your routines to start anew.
Hi Ed, I recent completed a huge research study on remote work, and analyzed things like how the # of remote jobs has been trending the past year, whether remote jobs are more common among senior leaders vs lower level workers, and how remote work culture correlates with work satisfaction.
It's so cute how some people think that fully remote work empowers them... blissfully unaware of how they're now in direct competition with the rest of the world.
It's like they're momentarily dazzled by the beautiful beach waves coming ashore, making them feel they are in a tropical paradise. When in reality it's the beginning tsunami of the Global South that's about to rip them apart with an endless supply of smart, hungry people willing to take their job for a fraction of their salary and no job protections.
I mean, the obvious thought here is: "how will the companies continue to screw people over?" Un-organised gig workers are unusually exploitable, and if the gig work is from your home then that doesn't change that. How does a bit of applied pessimism work in this model?
Hi Ed, I recent completed a huge research study on remote work, and analyzed things like how the # of remote jobs has been trending the past year, whether remote jobs are more common among senior leaders vs lower level workers, and how remote work culture correlates with work satisfaction.
I thought you might find some of the findings interesting: https://bloomberry.com/the-state-of-remote-work/ . Feel free to share/cite it if you feel it'd be useful to your readers
It's so cute how some people think that fully remote work empowers them... blissfully unaware of how they're now in direct competition with the rest of the world.
It's like they're momentarily dazzled by the beautiful beach waves coming ashore, making them feel they are in a tropical paradise. When in reality it's the beginning tsunami of the Global South that's about to rip them apart with an endless supply of smart, hungry people willing to take their job for a fraction of their salary and no job protections.
I mean, the obvious thought here is: "how will the companies continue to screw people over?" Un-organised gig workers are unusually exploitable, and if the gig work is from your home then that doesn't change that. How does a bit of applied pessimism work in this model?