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A comment on Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work.

Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by csmuk on Friday November 15, 2013 @11:42AM (#6740374)
As someone who just threw his smartphone out of a car this morning due to the stresses of having to work before my contracted hours, they can fuck off.

Waking up to work and going to sleep with work - not for me.

Apologies for the language.

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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by grecy on Friday November 15, 2013 @11:54AM (#6740465)
> Apologies for the language.

None needed. Certain words exist to convey a very strong sense of emotion. The topic you're talking about is obviously one of those.

IMO, you used the word perfectly, and I hope you did it to their faces too :)

(They've been doing the same to me this week)

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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by csmuk on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:02PM (#6740528)
They did indeed get it to the face (well by email).

Thou who hire third parties to validate our dev process (which is a fucking shambles) and take advice from said third party, despite us crowing the same message for 6 fucking years, will recieveth face full of nasty language.

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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by untog on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:09PM (#6740576)
Quit your job then. There are plenty of better situations out there, if you tolerate it then you're helping no-one - and definitely not yourself.
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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by csmuk on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:32PM (#6740733)
Not that easy when you have to work from home due to a disabled child and wife and don't get any help from the state.

Working on my own business as an exit plan.

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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by csmuk on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:44PM (#6740822)
I live in Europe already (UK). Business is fine. Managed to snag work with high profit margin that I can do at home.

Have run two businesses before and sold them off.

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Re:Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work by GuiA on Friday November 15, 2013 @12:46PM (#6740828)
European here- what would that solve?
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