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The Remote Work Debate Is a Generational Class War for the Future of Work (ez.substack.com)
3 points by mooreds on July 29, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



The best quote in here is the gal who bemoans the death of "office culture." It can't die soon enough!

The remote work revolution is the best thing to come out of Covid. I embraced this lifestyle 20 years ago when I started a web design business. Back then, I had to explain to customers that, no, I wasn't going to come to a meeting at their office and discuss the website with four people because none of that had anything to do with actually making the website. Instead, I would just do the work at my house and send them screenshots for approval or, even better, let them visit the site in progress and often make changes while they were on the phone.

Without this remote work concept, I would never have been able to start my own company. All I had was a computer a friend gave me and a $49 paperboard desk from Wal-Mart. My Ethernet cables ran on top of the carpet since Wi-Fi hadn't been invented. I also refused to do proposals or bids, instead just offering clear examples of my work and pricing.

Up until Covid, only freelancers could get away with that. I hope it becomes the norm for everybody who can do it. While there are some extra challenges in working at home (as the world has discovered lately), they are much better than the baggage of dealing with the office and the "office culture."


It'd be interesting to see a remake of the Office on Zoom.


I was definitely thinking of The Office when I wrote that comment, but in reality, all the shows that tried to "do Covid" weren't funny at all. Think of the cringy SNL skits and "specials" from other artists, filmed in their home offices. Ugh.


Bosses also want you tied to a location. If you could change job without moving city then that is a threat to them.


Great point! Especially true with companies in horrible locations: frozen hinterlands or cultural wastelands. Those guys used to love to make you move there for the privilege of "joining their team." Ugh.




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