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Re:37% of jobs in the United States can be performed entirel... by mantas on Saturday March 26, 2022 @01:54AM (#30809596)
Does it? Or is it just some micromanagers who can’t let people go out of their sight?

Having worked remotely for a good decade, I see no reason why remote requires more meeting. Currently I have a couple hours of meetings a week.

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Re:37% of jobs in the United States can be performed entirel... by closeparen on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:55PM (#30913048)
Yes, it does. A bit late for the thread but here’s open source evidence from Microsoft. Our internal numbers are similar.

> “People have 250 percent more meetings every day than they did before the pandemic,” says Mary Czerwinski, the research manager of the Human Understanding and Empathy group at Microsoft.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/trip...

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