{"id":81360,"date":"2022-03-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=81360"},"modified":"2022-03-30T06:41:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T11:41:14","slug":"lessons-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=81360","title":{"rendered":"Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joe Doakes from Como park emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Three years ago, an employee who wanted to work remotely was routinely denied.  All employees must come to the office.  For the last two years, an employee who wanted to come to the office was routinely denied.  All employees must work remotely.  Today, the business magazines are full of articles on The Lessons of Covid.    How can remote work increase employee satisfaction while trimming business cost?  What has management learned?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Nothing.  Management has decided all employees in our office are &#8220;hybrid&#8221; employees meaning we must come into the office AND we must work from home.  Why?  It&#8217;s the worst of both worlds.  I waste expensive gas and contribute to global warming while commuting plus I maintain a home office at my expense to subsidize my employer&#8217;s operations.  Why not one or the other?  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/5b9f4a66-a2b4-4874-8617-4c42d095e4c0-22793-00000b47223354a1_file.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/5b9f4a66-a2b4-4874-8617-4c42d095e4c0-22793-00000b47223354a1_file.jpg 769w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/5b9f4a66-a2b4-4874-8617-4c42d095e4c0-22793-00000b47223354a1_file-300x136.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/5b9f4a66-a2b4-4874-8617-4c42d095e4c0-22793-00000b47223354a1_file-500x227.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Ahhhh, the true answer is revealed by the survey asking how many days per week I want to commute.  The true answer is some people might be working remotely from Florida and allowing them to work remotely from out-of-state wouldn&#8217;t be fair.  Oh?  What about employees who live in Hudson?  Prescott?  Mason City?  Where&#8217;s the cut-off line?  There is no cut-off line.  You just have to come in two days per week, which makes it uncomfortable enough to work from far away.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s not about productivity, morale, efficiency, or customer service.  It&#8217;s about waaaaah, it&#8217;s not Fair, I don&#8217;t Get To, waaaaah! Lessons of Covid?  We don&#8217;t need no stinking lessons, we&#8217;re management.  We do what we want.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><p>Some companies have painted themselves into corners; unable to find employees locally to replace people lost \u201cthe great resignation \u201c, they recruited remotely, far and wide.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Hard to uncross that line.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Doakes from Como park emails: Three years ago, an employee who wanted to work remotely was routinely denied. All employees must come to the office. For the last two years, an employee who wanted to come to the office was routinely denied. All employees must work remotely. 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