tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6879173269363022626..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Decline of TelecommutingStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-44540033384155515822017-07-17T04:54:42.409-07:002017-07-17T04:54:42.409-07:00IAC,
I'm actually pro telecommute as I am almo...IAC,<br />I'm actually pro telecommute as I am almost all technology. It's just that old dictum I learned doing something else keeps popping up "If it can be abused, it will be abused". In the incarnation I have lived through as a "Boss" I have little cared how a job got done as long as it got done. Yes, I had to require a certain minimum of behavior (you can't just lay down and do nothing, etc etc)but if the described task was accomplished I didn't care. Now granted this puts more pressure on you as a boss to know if the job is getting done and done correctly.<br />So I won't be too long an illustration, back in the 80's you saw the introduction of drug testing into the industry I work in. It was accepted mostly on the premise it was administered by the companies themselves. I have been very opposed to this in that made me a "policeman" which should not be the case. I argued that Supervisors should know if a person is incapable of performing and have the power to remove them for that reason alone, well I lost that one. So look what we have now. Telecommuting is just an invitation for more abuse, not withstanding those that perform (as you do) as they should. Those that abuse it will destroy it.<br />Well that was a hastily written mess, more coffee. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-12241036980546593662017-07-16T10:01:48.672-07:002017-07-16T10:01:48.672-07:00Telecommuting only works for piece rate functions....Telecommuting only works for piece rate functions. The outcome has to be clearly defined. If that is how someone's productivity is measured and compensated, it doesn't matter where they work. But those applications are limited, because of the exposure to automation.<br /><br />And once again, we see why multitasking doesn't work. Work-from-home is good for professional mothers? Says who? Where does one think their attention goes? Work or kids?<br /><br />I work out of my home, but I eat what I kill. I work for myself. I have all the motivation in the world. My productivity is ruthlessly measured.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6438051939990575192017-07-16T07:36:18.267-07:002017-07-16T07:36:18.267-07:00TW,
Yeah, those cars just simply drove all kinds o...TW,<br />Yeah, those cars just simply drove all kinds of miles to lot's other places not called "work".Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59668537825085313362017-07-16T05:43:36.993-07:002017-07-16T05:43:36.993-07:00And there's the obvious global warming angle:
...And there's the obvious global warming angle:<br /><br />"The environmental benefits are obvious: teleworkers don’t commute, meaning their cars don’t log the 32 miles per day roundtrip that is the American average (according to this 2005 poll by ABC News and the Washington Post), and thus don't emit all that carbon."<br />--- On Earth, 2011<br /><br />:-Dtrigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-71591213920684204192017-07-16T04:43:24.960-07:002017-07-16T04:43:24.960-07:00I remember that one of the pro points of tele-comm...I remember that one of the pro points of tele-commuting was that a company would not need as much bricks and mortar facilities. Well they ran into an iron law of reality "nature abhors a vacuum" those "empty" facilities filled back up with other people just as fast as they emptied out. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.com