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As management [[dogma]] has systematically eroded these privileges in the name of cost reduction, the poor professional has been denuded of her status. Increasingly, she has been expected to supply her ''own'' accoutrements: do-it-yourself typing; [[bring your own device]] — and the same time that once commodious office became communal, then lost its door, then its walls, diminished to a dedicated space along a row, and most recently has become a conditional promise of a sanitised space at a [[telescreen]] somewhere in the building, assuming enough people are out sick or on holiday. | As management [[dogma]] has systematically eroded these privileges in the name of cost reduction, the poor professional has been denuded of her status. Increasingly, she has been expected to supply her ''own'' accoutrements: do-it-yourself typing; [[bring your own device]] — and the same time that once commodious office became communal, then lost its door, then its walls, diminished to a dedicated space along a row, and most recently has become a conditional promise of a sanitised space at a [[telescreen]] somewhere in the building, assuming enough people are out sick or on holiday. | ||
While these progressions undoubtedly looked magnificent on that PowerPoint | While these progressions undoubtedly looked magnificent on that [[PowerPoint]] deck the [[COO]] presents to the [[steerco]], from the [[meatware]]’s eye view, living them out in person has been less edifying. | ||
Something important might have been lost among the winking green [[RAG status]] signals on the workstream update [[dashboard]]. But — the [[pragmatist’s prayer]],<ref>[[Pragmatist’s prayer|Andrew Dice Clay]] version.</ref> and all that. | |||
But then, from ''nowhere'', [[Coronavirus]] bounced us all into a step further: now employees don’t get an office ''at all'', but have to ''supply their own''. | But then, from ''nowhere'', [[Coronavirus]] bounced us all into a step further: now employees don’t get an office ''at all'', but have to ''supply their own''. | ||
As as aside, pity the poor, perma-prepared cub scouts from the [[business continuity management]] team — who have been waiting for literally decades for just such a catastrophe to spring into action and finally reveal their worth, but whom [[coronavirus]] largely snookered. Just when you need it, | As as aside, pity the poor, perma-prepared cub scouts from the [[business continuity management]] team — who have been waiting for literally decades for just such a catastrophe to spring into action and finally reveal their worth, but whom [[coronavirus]] has largely ''snookered''. Just when you need it, their magisterium — aka some grimy, sprawling warehouse near Luton Airport — was no more suitable for disaster recovery than the premises in EC4! | ||
Instead, employees were sent ''home''. By and large, and to their great surprise, they found this | Instead, employees were sent ''home''. By and large, and to their great surprise, they found this rather agreeable. Suddenly the privacy, the space, the peace & quiet, the Elephant’s foot and the mahogany desk were back from nowhere. | ||
The question now: is there any going back? | The question now: is there any going back? |