Working from home isn't going away, even if some CEOs wish it would

Re:Working from home isn't going away, even if some CEOs wis... by vouaobrasil on Monday April 08, 2024 @07:32AM (#39968630)

> As for Musk saying "it ain't fair for service employees" I reply those are different jobs. Poor excuse.

Exactly. I had a service job and I didn't mind going into work at all because that's what the job is. And besides, interacting with customers is much preferable to being in a building surrounded by people typing on keyboards when no one actualy needs to be there.

Should we now say that executive jobs are unfair to employees because employees don't get to run the company?

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Re:Working from home isn't going away, even if some CEOs wis... by newsclues on Monday April 08, 2024 @07:34AM (#39968645)

I worked a service job that required going to work for minimum wage and wasn’t happy that my wage didn’t increase when WFH employees got the benefit of WFH during COVID.

A class of workers benefited, but other classes didn’t.

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Re:Working from home isn't going away, even if some CEOs wis... by Ecstatify on Monday April 08, 2024 @07:49AM (#39968736)

Some professions, such as surgeons, pilots, and actors, demand physical presence due to the nature of their work.

This has nothing to do with worker 'class'.

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Re:Working from home isn't going away, even if some CEOs wis... by newsclues on Monday April 08, 2024 @09:11AM (#39969363)

Those roles are upper class or professional jobs. I’m guessing they had the ability to extract higher compensation or work conditions, compared to others who had to accept the new normal or else.

This really impacts the lower and middle class.

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Re:Working from home isn't going away, even if some CEOs wis... by dmitrygr on Monday April 08, 2024 @09:26AM (#39969493)

> wasn’t happy that my wage didn’t increase

Did you suddenly start producing more value? If no, then why would your wage increase?

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