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Posted by amanda jeans (aka amanda) Mar 1 '21, 11:16

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http://wtboard.com/?post_id=5094258&board_id=32568&username=Max (wtboard.com)

"could have but didn't" holds an assumption that the corporate calculations were perfectly rational and well informed

Max Mar 1 '21, 10:15

Even though they could have saved a lot of expense via WFH, we can't discount the "that would be crazy" inertia from the traditional way of doing things. A special factor here is that everyone was forced to adapt at the same time, so no company had to go first amongst their competitors, and there was basically no drawn out training process - everyone just had to get into the groove quickly. Cars and roads and homes and commuting to work were not new concepts before WWII, but the sudden development of suburbs changed the commercial landscape of the country and culture.

In response to ty97: "I've heard a lot of talk about this. I think it will turn out to be 90% theoretical. Remote work is not a new concept"

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You’re going to have some companies offer this as a competitive advantage. My company has already said they’re changing to WFH come summer - Will Hunting Mar 1, 11:59
We've been told in no uncertain terms that if you weren't a remote worker before Covid-19 you won't be a remote worker when it's safe again. -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 11:25 3
- Do you have a sense of whether it's because they don't trust people to wfh, or they find checking in from desk to desk is faster? - Max Mar 1, 11:57 2
  - My guess is that there's a real dichotomy in efficiency loss for WFH in some areas vs. others and they don't want to deal with it. -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 11:59 1
    - I think that the loss of productivity is in part due to people. like tarra on my team is great at WFH but sheri is terrible. - amanda jeans Mar 1, 12:16
It was the kind of paradigm shift that causes darwinian branching of species -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 11:22

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