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"Return to office? An exercise in pure friction-shifting. The friction your boss experiences from furiously fantasizing about how lazy you're being at home is swapped for the friction of your commute, the friction of having to reschedule deliveries that you weren't home to sign for, the friction of having to eat a packed lunch or waste your pay on overpriced, additive/grease/salt/sugar-laden quick-service food."

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 months ago

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Friction cannot be reduced, it can only be redistributed; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/

#Pluralistic

A black and white photo of a snowplow running down a country road, creating a tall bank on the shoulder. The plow is being driven by a Gilded Age editorial cartoon caricature of JP Morgan, and bears an Uber placard. Atop the snowbank are three impoverished little girls with wild hair in tattered dresses. They are being showered in snow by the plow.

Greengordon

@Greengordon@spore.social replied · 3 months ago

@pluralistic

#RTO #Covid

Alex Akselrod boosted

Nando161

@nando161@partyon.xyz · 5 months ago

More than 90% of #JPMorgan #employees reported a decline in morale following #RTO
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/jpmorgan-rto-mandate-hurt-morale-7410218/

Nando161

@nando161@partyon.xyz · 5 months ago

More than 90% of #JPMorgan #employees reported a decline in morale following #RTO
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/jpmorgan-rto-mandate-hurt-morale-7410218/

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:

@trendless@zeroes.ca · 6 months ago

🔗 They’ve Observed Teleworking for Four Years and Reached One Clear Conclusion: “Working From Home Makes Us Happier” https://indiandefencereview.com/theyve-observed-teleworking-for-four-years-and-reached-one-clear-conclusion-working-from-home-makes-us-happier/

After four years of watching remote work in action, researchers uncovered a surprising shift in how people feel about their jobs. The results challenge many common beliefs about working from home.
Sleep Gains and Reduced Stress Linked to Eliminated Commutes
More Time for Work, Family, and Leisure Leads to Healthier Lifestyles
Productivity Remains Stable and Well-Being Improves When Remote Work Is Chosen

#WFH #RTO

jbz

@jbz@indieweb.social · 6 months ago

"Uber on Monday informed employees, including some who had been previously approved for remote work, that it will require them to come to the office three days a week"

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/uber-raises-in-office-requirement-to-3-days-claws-back-remote-workers.html

#remotework #rto