Technology was meant to herald a new way of working, but that’s not the case

Re:Technology was meant to herald a new way of working, but ... by mprev on Thursday August 18, 2016 @12:11PM (#12313697)

I've worked from home in the uk for the past ten years and no one assessed my office and in one company I didn't even get a laptop.

I'm curious what sort of company insisted on that.

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Re:Technology was meant to herald a new way of working, but ... by gutnor on Thursday August 18, 2016 @04:06PM (#12315954)

None, I have colleagues that received that and that led me to believe companies needed to do that. Not quite sure why they would request a guy to go mindlessly to an office where there is nobody of his management line and no colleague.

To be fair, I worked for a company previously that didn't provide facilities for remote working as a general rule (i.e. access VPN that existed for sales), but I still had 1 colleague in my team that was working from home full time (i.e. using the VPN).

So I guess it must be random.

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