You are so preoccupied with whether or not you could [found a unicorn off the back of Covid], you didn't stop to think if you should.
To further elaborate:
What is one of the only benefits to the pandemic? Remote work.
Who wants to come in and ruin it? Sidekick.
Thanks, I hate it. I truly do. I only have to imagine the god awful dashboard you'll inevitably offer (product managers gonna productize) and the dystopian KPIs you'll kindly offer (not turning on your camera is the new tardiness metric).
It's schemes like this that trigger an arms race (ostensibly to "reduce liability", "promote productivity", and "increase security") that ultimately leave workers with less agency and petty human managers with more avenues of oppression to exploit.
For the sake of a world where workers aren't slowly boiled into digital serfdom, I wish you nothing but trouble. I really do, because you are emblematic of the short-sighted thinking that's wrong with the world.
For what it’s worth, I agree with your sentiment wholeheartedly in-spite of the harshness of the tone that was used. I was hoping for a reply along the lines of the one you posted because this can be an emotional topic depending on the kinds of companies you have experience working for.
I also feel that some corporate muckety-muck is going to see this and foist it upon their workforce, further subjugating them under the guise of collaboration and togetherness. Luckily, I work someplace that doesn’t do that to its employees but many are not that fortunate.
Agree wholeheartedly with this. They are acting like it's all just total freedom - you can use it only if it's useful to you. Willfully ignoring how often companies enforce technology on employees. i.e. Away forcing employees to chat on Slack and then watching over them.
To further elaborate:
What is one of the only benefits to the pandemic? Remote work.
Who wants to come in and ruin it? Sidekick.
Thanks, I hate it. I truly do. I only have to imagine the god awful dashboard you'll inevitably offer (product managers gonna productize) and the dystopian KPIs you'll kindly offer (not turning on your camera is the new tardiness metric).
It's schemes like this that trigger an arms race (ostensibly to "reduce liability", "promote productivity", and "increase security") that ultimately leave workers with less agency and petty human managers with more avenues of oppression to exploit.
For the sake of a world where workers aren't slowly boiled into digital serfdom, I wish you nothing but trouble. I really do, because you are emblematic of the short-sighted thinking that's wrong with the world.