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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: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @02:23PM (19 children)
An in person meating is the highest bandwidth communication possible. Many times this is done informally. In the hallway. Water cooler. Step into my office. Etc. Working remotely you don't get these spontaneous quick exchanges.
A virtual reality suit might help, but then those would tend to be developed for people to do . . . uh . . . other things, than
businesswork.Never say "anyway", and never "anyways". Just start with "regardless", or get into a debate about using "irregardless".
Regardless of the Trump Virus, we have much better technology for remote collaboration than the railroad era.
The security and privacy of Zoom!
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @02:32PM (7 children)
You were doing so well until you wrote "Trump Virus". Way to derail your points, and really much of your posting. You're an asshole. You're an example of the actual mechanism of divisiveness in the US, that sadly affects much of the world. Asshole. Go burn some buildings.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @02:44PM (3 children)
Obvs should have written "China Virus".
I'm thinking all you heard was a giant Wooooosh!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @04:23PM (2 children)
Hey Wooooosh brain, COVID-19 originated in China, not Trump. It spread due to so many people traveling in and out of Wuhan, China, spreading it around the world.
On one hand Trump is a "fascist dictator", but on the other hand you want him to be a dictator and somehow control everyone and their disease-spreading behavior. Make up your collective minds, when you're done rioting and burning and destroying.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:00PM
The virus was created while Trump was President, ergo it's the Trump Virus. Duh! I thought you QAnon were supposed to be smart.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @07:32PM
Hey shit-for-brains, by not only ignoring it, but doing even worse and working against efforts to deal with it, Trump owns it now. He made the US #1. And still #1. He wouldn't own it if he even made a half-assed effort or showed a modicum of leadership, but he didn't and the states had to scramble in an every-state-for-itself environment. Hell, even if he was completely incompetent, just showing basic empathy, compassion, and concern for people who are suffering in many different ways, he probably would have been given a pass. But no, he is entirely incapable. Many thousands of people needlessly died because of him. This might have started in China, but in the US, this is and will always be the Trump virus, or plague.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @03:28PM (2 children)
Ok, thanks for your inciteful correction.
Okay to write: Chinese Flu
Bad to write: Trump Virus
(I would not have written Trump Virus, except for the obvious snark reply to Chinese Flu.)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @04:30PM (1 child)
Thanks, explanation accepted.
1) China is a country, Trump is a person. See how it's a great personal and divisive attack?
2) COVID-19 originated in CHINA, NOT TRUMP.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:26PM
Please see this journal entry [soylentnews.org] then tell me it is unfair.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @02:35PM (5 children)
I'll play your game for a moment. What should Trump have done, and when?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @02:44PM
Injected bleach into the lungs. Fired Fauci sooner for being such a dork about it.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @03:32PM (2 children)
<no-sarcasm>
Trump could have put scientists and doctors in charge, and what they say goes. No politics. Bite the bullet. Get things under control before it killed so many people, and before it got out of control.
This is not about politics. It's about science and medicine. A virus doesn't care about your politics or what Fox News says.
</no-sarcasm>
Trump could have injected or drank bleach, and put UV light inside the body.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @04:19PM (1 child)
You're wrong. Trump did consult with doctors, scientists, medical workers, and they all disagreed with each other. There's still a wide-range of opinions and "facts" around COVID-19. Some scientists say the tests are not 100% accurate. Someone can be infected, contagious, and test negative.
It doesn't have to be a major issue like COVID-19 to see how people's egos still run amok, including scientists and doctors. That's where government comes in, right? Or did you expect Trump to abdicate and appoint Fauci as president? Or maybe YOU? Even in a corporation there's some kind of political (power) structure, right? Maybe Trump was ill-advised. Maybe he trusted the wrong people. Maybe they all hate him and tried to set him up to fail. Maybe, just maybe, it was and still is a complex problem that we're still learning about, how to deal with it, what to do and not do. Hindsight is 20/20.
From the start of the reports of COVID-19 people have relentlessly attacked Trump. How about putting all that time and energy into HELPING? With 1/2 of the nation wasting time mocking, ridiculing, and generally attacking Trump, tearing him down, what do you expect? Did you conveniently forget the impeachment? Do you expect someone to fork into both a leader and defending himself? People have a right to disagree with someone, including presidents, but at some point the disagreement, like the rioting, gets in the way of anyone trying to get anything done. There are more positive solutions to problems. Just because you don't like the paint color of your house you don't burn it down, right? Or maybe you do- your types certainly do. And then go burn down the paint factories too.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:11PM
Please see this journal entry [soylentnews.org] which may answer your question.
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:16PM
Please see this journal entry [soylentnews.org] which may answer your question.
The first couple links should answer your question.
There definitely came a point where it should have become obvious that the politics wasn't working.
I'll repeat: this isn't about politics. It's about science and medicine.
Hope that helps.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday August 26 2020, @04:51PM (2 children)
Most of us prefer to meat others in person. Nothing else feels quite as good. Of course, the enjoyment of the person being meated can vary quite a bit, depending on the bandwidth of the meat and the length of the communication.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:08PM
Zipper salami? Or bearded kebab?
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:17PM
I'm not ready to turn into soylent green, I'll skip both the meeting and the meat.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by barbara hudson on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:13PM (1 child)
The more people in a meeting, the lower the collective intelligence, and the more time people spend idle because there's more dumb fucks who can't get to the point.
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 26 2020, @05:33PM
Meetings are dominated by people who love to hear themselves talk but can't say anything useful, or even merely funny.
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