Today I had an article from July that I had totally missed, in which an economist called “Austan Goolsbee” tells us that employers might start expecting more hours in place of our commute. This incredibly long-winded and frustratingly-written piece mostly posits that, because there is a benefit of extra time, that companies will eventually start expecting you to start earlier or work later because you don’t have a commute.
Great argument. I only have one more point to add, which is the cost of living doesn't necessarily drop in an employee's hometown, and the office. Here's a kinda stupid example, but it holds true: A shirt at Banana Republic in Dayton, Ohio costs the same in a BR store anywhere else in the country; the cost of goods is roughly the same wherever you are. There may be changes in mortgages/rent depending on which part of the country you live, but that can also be true in the same city.
Check out the webinar at the link below if you really want to feel your blood pressure rise. I had to drop out after about 15 minutes as the continual spouting of bare-faced lies about in-person work was more than I was able to put up without pouring abuse into the comment stream. I wasn't the only person astounded by the palpable bias. Oddly the comments - which were to offer links to a study that was cited that claimed face-to-face people were 5x more creative than remote workers - mysteriously aren't available and one person had posted that they had been deleted. https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6843528966624559105/
Bravo. I’ve been livid about both of those pieces and reading this takedown was cathartic as hell.
Great argument. I only have one more point to add, which is the cost of living doesn't necessarily drop in an employee's hometown, and the office. Here's a kinda stupid example, but it holds true: A shirt at Banana Republic in Dayton, Ohio costs the same in a BR store anywhere else in the country; the cost of goods is roughly the same wherever you are. There may be changes in mortgages/rent depending on which part of the country you live, but that can also be true in the same city.
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Check out the webinar at the link below if you really want to feel your blood pressure rise. I had to drop out after about 15 minutes as the continual spouting of bare-faced lies about in-person work was more than I was able to put up without pouring abuse into the comment stream. I wasn't the only person astounded by the palpable bias. Oddly the comments - which were to offer links to a study that was cited that claimed face-to-face people were 5x more creative than remote workers - mysteriously aren't available and one person had posted that they had been deleted. https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6843528966624559105/