I've yet to work a job that was capable of being done remotely (disclaimer). But since the pandemic began and it seems like so many people online were boasting about going remote, all I can think is it seems like a slippery slope. If your job can be done remotely, what's to stop it from being outsourced to another country? Do people not think about this? I never see it mentioned.
If you can do your job more efficiently lounging around your house in your pajamas after getting up whenever you felt like it, sit down at your computer now and again during Netflix breaks when you feel like it, and get things done without having to bother to go to the office for 2 years you are either really fucking important and living the 4-Hour Workweek dream or you're going to be replaced by someone much cheaper (or something such as AI) in the next few years.
I've yet to work a job that was capable of being done remotely (disclaimer). But since the pandemic began and it seems like so many people online were boasting about going remote, all I can think is it seems like a slippery slope. If your job can be done remotely, what's to stop it from being outsourced to another country? Do people not think about this? I never see it mentioned.
If you can do your job more efficiently lounging around your house in your pajamas after getting up whenever you felt like it, sit down at your computer now and again during Netflix breaks when you feel like it, and get things done without having to bother to go to the office for 2 years you are either really fucking important and living the 4-Hour Workweek dream or you're going to be replaced by someone much cheaper (or something such as AI) in the next few years.
It depends what you were doing at the office, and most of those people who were working in the office are also replaceable.