Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker

Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by partyboat1586 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @03:41PM (#23959597)

Just because offshoring was happening before remote work doesn't mean remote work won't accelerate it's adoption. Part of the reason its not already ubiquitous is because we are still working out the best way to do remote work, the more that gets refined the more attractive offshoring looks. Americans will get priced out of the market and they should be concerned about that.

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by nsl73 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @03:56PM (#23959699)

> Americans will get priced out of the market and they should be concerned about that.

It’s just good planning to have multiple potential forms of income. Programming might be the thing I do that can pay the highest, but I have plan B, plan C, and plan D ready to be put into action if I suddenly don’t have a career in software engineering, or I don’t want a career in software engineering.

Interestingly enough, having options also puts you in a stronger position when discussing salaries and benefits with your employer or perspective employer.

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by BiggsHoson on Sunday July 26, 2020 @04:39PM (#23960020)

>... I have plan B, plan C, and plan D ready to be put into action if I suddenly don’t have a career in software engineering, or I don’t want a career in software engineering.

I would like to read more about that if you would care to share more details. I cannot imagine a career in anything but software, but this year has me very low on contract work and some backup plans are something I am trying to devise.

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by P_I_Staker on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:41AM (#23964131)

Very skeptical of this. The reality is that most professions shut people out unless they have very specific backgrounds, otherwise you'd see service workers routinely jump to something higher paying. A degree may be enough to get more of a foot in door somewhere, but it's very tough. Chances are you wind up doing something highly undesirable, unless you manage to go the self-employed "entrepreneur" route.

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by P_I_Staker on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:36AM (#23964112)

WTF are you talking about? That's not how careers work. If this whole profession of mine doesn't work out, it's not like I can just pivot to something else. There is no plan B, C, or D other than start begging for any job I can get.

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by partyboat1586 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @04:24PM (#23959906)

What's your plan B?

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by sailfast on Sunday July 26, 2020 @04:21PM (#23959881)

Good communication skills and soft skills are even more important when you work remotely. I’m sure there are offshore teams that are really excellent at this, but unless the offshoring is for stand-alone teams the comms combined with the time zones are going to be brutal vs a more expensive domestic squad.

DevOps reports research seems to bear this out, but you never know if management will figure that out before they make the decision.

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