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Re:Burnout caused by chronic stress is widespread by Tempest1981 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:52AM (#19533946)
Why aren't more "knowledge workers" able to work from home 2 or 3 days a week?

I know some people have noisy kids/distractions at home, but seems like it would work for many engineers. Yet every company I've been at, I suggest it, and people give me a sarcastic look like, "yeah, right, we can't do that!"

Possibly a fear that not being seen at work will hamper advancement?

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Re:Burnout caused by chronic stress is widespread by sgt101 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:40AM (#19534525)
More commonly it is felt that not being seen at work and plugged in to every decision will make you a target for dismissal.
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Re:Burnout caused by chronic stress is widespread by Tempest1981 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:43PM (#19536949)
You could set up a large live display of your github contributions calendar. Or some type of holographic telepresence.

Or just be overly-active in email/chat.

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Re:Burnout caused by chronic stress is widespread by sgt101 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:45PM (#19537417)
Those things do not matter to the kind of people targeting other people on this irrational basis. What matters is that they have a vague feeling that you are "around" and "a contributor" and "one of us" (feel free to be a bit sick in your mouth at this point).
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