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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by anon98356 on Monday July 27, 2020 @06:39AM (#23963812)
How is subconsciously judging based on lighting, audio etc. any better than whether or not you play golf? The only spot for me to put my desk means that, in video conferences I look like an anonymous whistle blower from a news report. How is being subconsciously ignored because of how my apartment is laid out any better than being ignored because I prefer to swim than play golf?

Based on your examples, all-remote isn't an equalizer, it's changing the rules by which you are judged.

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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by agustif on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:04AM (#23963905)
A good lamp for your desk might be cheaper than that golf club membership at least!
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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by anon98356 on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:37AM (#23965468)
Maybe, doesn't make the judgement criteria any less arbitrary though. And given how dark my corner of the room is, I suspect I'd need a pretty expensive lighting setup to make it any better :)
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Re:Remote work is not necessarily a good thing for the worker by softawre on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:20AM (#23965929)
These are mostly things you can control and easily fix.
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