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https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-wo...649628?mod=politics_trending_now_article_pos3
Interesting article from the WSJ today talking about how w*rking from home has changed over the last few months. A couple interesting points highlighted why I think this could be a bad thing in the long run. The biggest issue I see is the longer periods of time people seem to be w*rking. Per the article:
My DW (who has w*rked from home for several years) is noticing that she gets a lot more email in the evenings and the weekends from employees who are now w*rking from home. DW is pretty good about "clocking out" when the day's w*rk is done, but it seems to cause issues when she "clocks back in" the next day and there are 100 extra emails than what used to be.
Also in the article, they mention that many companies are having to think outside the box in how they offer perks. There is a start-up that for around $120 month will provide a desk, chair, extra monitor for w*rk at home employees. Before COVID, they had a waitlist of about 400 companies...it's now over 6,000! Some perks have included sending Peloton bikes out or coffee bean subscriptions.
Anyway, it's an interesting read and makes me pretty happy to be FIREd!
Interesting article from the WSJ today talking about how w*rking from home has changed over the last few months. A couple interesting points highlighted why I think this could be a bad thing in the long run. The biggest issue I see is the longer periods of time people seem to be w*rking. Per the article:
Jared Spataro, corporate vice president of Microsoft 365, a division that includes Teams and Office, says Microsoft Teams saw a 15% to 23% increase in usage between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. A similar rise occurred between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The number of chats happening on weekends increased more than 200%, he adds.
My DW (who has w*rked from home for several years) is noticing that she gets a lot more email in the evenings and the weekends from employees who are now w*rking from home. DW is pretty good about "clocking out" when the day's w*rk is done, but it seems to cause issues when she "clocks back in" the next day and there are 100 extra emails than what used to be.
Also in the article, they mention that many companies are having to think outside the box in how they offer perks. There is a start-up that for around $120 month will provide a desk, chair, extra monitor for w*rk at home employees. Before COVID, they had a waitlist of about 400 companies...it's now over 6,000! Some perks have included sending Peloton bikes out or coffee bean subscriptions.
Anyway, it's an interesting read and makes me pretty happy to be FIREd!