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https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/08/ars-readers-take-on-the-present-and-future-of-work/
Over the past few weeks, we've been talking about how best to manage the current state of work and what companies will need to do in the near and not-too-distant future to adjust to post-pandemic reality. As expected, our readers had some opinions on these topics, too—ranging from insightful to inciteful.
So, in the interest of better surfacing the wisdom of our particular crowd, I've curated some of the thoughts of the Ars community on the topics of working better from home and what our shared experiences have taught us about the future of collaboration technology and the future nature of the corporate office. As always, we hope you'll share additional wisdom in the comments here, as they may guide some future coverage on issues related to the realities of future work.
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Aside from responding with protests of post-traumatic stress after I mentioned Lotus Notes in our article on the future of collaboration, our readers had some on-point thoughts on the current strengths and weaknesses of collaboration technology—particularly in the face of current circumstances. And one of the problems is collaborating across companies effectively.
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Other readers noted that work-from-home wasn't an option for them, but only because of management's whims. RCook wrote that his employer had brought everyone back into the office, "partly because we're located in Iowa where the Pandemic didn't happen according to our Governor and partly because the company President has some stupid control issues."
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However, the company president is working from home. And while RCook "made sure the IT infrastructure was ready and capable of handling the [work-from-home] VPN load" during the company's initial lockdown, "I was actually asked at one point how management could effectively spy on employees to gauge productivity."
(Score: 4, Interesting) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @02:12PM (5 children)
That sounds like a strange way to describe robots taking care of everyone's personal hygiene because we've become so dependent upon robots that we can no longer do it ourselves.
The original Star Trek TOS pilot was about a race that had long since forgotten how to repair the ancient machines built by their ancestors. They probably didn't even remember how to operate a chip fab facility.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @02:17PM (1 child)
Don't worry! AI will solve that too.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @02:28PM
They better hurry given the current state of our education system. When you look at the number of people who believe "flat earth", it is not so alarming. When you look at 18-24 demographic, it is much more alarming.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday August 26 2020, @04:40PM (2 children)
Hasn't coronavirus made that obsolete?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:30PM (1 child)
I would say no.
Coronavirus, no, actually, Working From Home has made optional all but the most basic of personal hygiene.
So the original poster's robot arm will probably become a household necessity.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday August 26 2020, @10:37PM
Hmm, not sure it's safe to trust a robot arm to do the naughty bits...
Washington DC delenda est.