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{{freeessay|work|working from home|{{image|sheeple|jpg|''Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheeple? {{vsr|1959}}}}}}COVID’s aftermath will reverberate long after the last “keep your distance and wash your goddamn hands” notice has faded from the public space. Whether or not the pandemic was a [[black swan]] — the arguments for and against are [[tiresome]] — our sudden dislocation gave us a rare chance to see what happens in a time of worldwide, unexpected change. 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. | {{freeessay|work|working from home|{{image|sheeple|jpg|''Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheeple? {{vsr|1959}}}}}}COVID’s aftermath will reverberate long after the last “keep your distance and wash your goddamn hands” notice has faded from the public space. Whether or not the pandemic was a [[black swan]] — the arguments for and against are [[tiresome]] — our sudden dislocation gave us a rare chance to see what happens in a time of worldwide, unexpected change. 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 | Not even in a time of war has the entire citizenry 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! | And we learned some new things: working from home is pretty cool! Pyjamas! Zoom! Kids rushing in at embarrassing moments! | ||
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The second — [[The Man]]’s — was, “get back into the the office, punks”. With a twist: [[The Man]] teetered for a while between “I’m not having these good-for-naught [[Meatware|meatsack]]s in their goddamn pyjamas on ''my'' dime”, and the more squirrelly “hold on: if these clowns work at home on their own PCs we can nix half the downtown footprint and slash our [[IT]] bill so let’s not rush this”. The two impulses then merged and The Man compromised by ditching half the office space ''and'' ordering everyone back to work. | The second — [[The Man]]’s — was, “get back into the the office, punks”. With a twist: [[The Man]] teetered for a while between “I’m not having these good-for-naught [[Meatware|meatsack]]s in their goddamn pyjamas on ''my'' dime”, and the more squirrelly “hold on: if these clowns work at home on their own PCs we can nix half the downtown footprint and slash our [[IT]] bill so let’s not rush this”. The two impulses then merged and The Man compromised by ditching half the office space ''and'' ordering everyone back to work. | ||
==== Gen Z Girl ==== | |||
The debate has coagulated around poor Gen Z Girl, tearfully confiding to TikTok the exhausting experience of having to commute, work a normal day and commute home again. Predictable mockery from some quarters, spirited defence from others. | |||
==== It isn’t COVID any more ==== | ==== It isn’t COVID any more ==== | ||