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{{freeessay|work|working from home|}}The | {{freeessay|work|working from home|}}The aftermath of the COVID pandemic will reverberate long after the last “keep your distance and wash your godamn hands” notice has faded from the public space. Whether or not the [[Coronavirus]] was a [[black swan]] — the arguments for and against are tiresome — the sudden dislocation gave us a rare chance to see what happens in a time of nationwide, fracturing ''change''. Note: not a single [[change manager]] engaged, no [[business continuity plan]] invoked, and yet, in businesses great and small across the globe, the change went through ''overnight'' and without a hitch. | ||
Not even in a time of war has every citizen in the land been restricted to private quarters for months on end. | |||
And we learned some new things: working from home is pretty cool! Pyjamas! Zoom! Kids rushing in at embarrassing moments! | |||
Which is right? Well, neither, naturally, for the reasons stated, but the JC reluctantly senses | As the COVID tide receded, thought leaders in the marketplace of ideas took to [[LinkedIn]] and [[Twitter]] to grapple publicly with what it all meant for the future of work. They fell broadly into two camps. | ||
The first was basically to say, “[[This time it’s different|this time is different]]”: the scales have fallen from our eyes, we are no longer in the 1960s and even though we can leave our homes without being arrested, a diverse and dynamic economy of gig-working, side-hustling cosmopolitan youngsters will ''require'' flexibility so, since we now know the business ''can'' manage it — right? — there is no reason flexible working should not become a fact of commercial life. This view was, and is, broadly held by the [[executive coach]]es, [[digital prophet]]s, [[legal practice disruptors]], techno-futurists and lifestyle consultants of the world. | |||
The other view was [[The Man]]’s, and it was, “get back into the the office, you punks”. | |||
With a twist: [[The Man]]’s view teetered for a while between “these good-for-naught [[Meatware|meatsack]]s are in their goddamn ''pajamas'' and I’m not having ''that'' on my dime”, and the [[COO]]’s more squirrelly “hold on, Clive, if these clowns work remotely on their own PCs we can sublet half the office footprint and slash our [[IT]] bill so let’s not rush this” — but the two eventually compromised by cutting office space ''and'' making everyone come back to work. | |||
Which view is right? Well, neither, naturally, for the reasons stated, but the JC reluctantly senses [[The Man]] is on the right side of history, for a few reasons (none being the ones [[The Man]] ''thinks'' are the right reasons) but mainly because, as ever, [[This time it’s different|this time ''isn’t'' different]]. | |||
The JC sides with the evil empire in few cases — except where it disagrees with [[libtards]]. [[South Park Republican]]ism refers. | The JC sides with the evil empire in few cases — except where it disagrees with [[libtards]]. [[South Park Republican]]ism refers. |