The Deleted Scenes - New and Old #39
Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future, The Atlantic, Ed Zitron, July 29, 2021 I understand both sides of the debate over remote work, from questions about the impact it will have on cities (I’ll be doing a post soon about that!), to the question of advancement and career-building (an argument for the physical office) versus focusing and having a little more personal time to boot (an argument for working remotely.) This piece is a forceful argument for remote work. Zitron suggests that for jobs that are amenable to remote work, there isn’t really much to recommend mandatory, physical attendance to an office.
Read the whole thing. I tend toward Zitron’s view here. I fact, I’ll go further. Here’s one: given their fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders, and given that in two years productivity has held constant in many companies, maybe managers have a responsibility to cut the needless expense of physical offices, and invest those savings in their business or return them to shareholders! Are You Staying in South Bend?, WEST.SB, Jacob Titus, January 3, 2022
A really great, thoughtful piece. I won’t say much—just read it. But I will say that the way a lot of folks talk, including even some urbanists, you’d think the vast majority of the United States is not worth living in or paying attention to. Obviously, that’s wrong. Just realizing that changes how you think about these things. The new normal is already here. Get used to it, The Economist Leaders, December 18, 2021
I suspect that this is correct. But it’s not good. There hasn’t been a genuine pandemic of this scale since the 1918 flu—which the article later notes—so it seems odd to upend life permanently over a once-in-a-century event. Also:
I dunno. It’s an interesting thing how this article nearly states, as positives or at least inevitabilities, the exact things a lot of people are afraid of. I’ve been happy to observe the COVID-era precautions and I think most of them are or were necessary. But I think it’s also necessary to insist that we try to return to a pre-pandemic normal when the threat passes. Today’s fourth entry is tweet that sparked a lot of thoughts and memories. I’m curious how you’d answer this, if you grew up in the era indicated: ![]() Related Reading: Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription to help support this newsletter. You’ll get a weekend subscribers-only post, plus full access to the archive of over 200 posts and growing. And you’ll help ensure more material like this! You’re a free subscriber to The Deleted Scenes. For the full experience, become a paid subscriber. |
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