People work longer and different hours under lockdown

Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by cpach on Sunday August 09, 2020 @01:41PM (#24101298)

People has been saying that for twenty years. Yes, some jobs are now done in India, Romania, etc. At the same time the pie has expanded.

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Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by bosswipe on Sunday August 09, 2020 @03:39PM (#24102249)

I don't see how you can rely on the past to predict massive historic trend shifts in the workplace. Previously offshoring created an in-group and an out-group with shitty communication between them. Post-pandemic everybody is in the same virtual group with the same shitty communication tools.

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Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by rtlfe on Sunday August 09, 2020 @04:53PM (#24102821)

It's a lot easier for a bay area company to successfully have remote workers in Idaho than in Romania. The time difference is minimal, cultural differences are less, and it's easy for the person to visit the office.

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Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by vkou on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:01AM (#24105400)

"Sure, some manufacturing is being done in China now, but the total amount of manufacturing has expanded." -Some soon to be unemployed factory worker in what is now known as the rust belt, circa 1988.

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Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by cpach on Monday August 10, 2020 @07:33AM (#24108117)

Time will tell.

PS. Even now, not all manufacturing is done in China.

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