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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: 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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