remote-work(3/0)
Future of remote work
My personality leans towards the “don’t bother me, I’m getting **** done” at times, but Sean makes clear a few hard truths about a remote work future: Wage depression. If my software engineer job can be done by anyone on the earth with my skills, why should I be paid $100,000 when the Malay will do it for $75,000? Forgotten. I witnessed this months after taking a remote worker in at Relativity.…
Remote work supports global entrepreneurship
Knowledge work is branching from the busy metropolis to bedrooms and coffee shops across the globe. “In health insurance, Fortune 100 provider Aetna has nearly half of its 35,000 U.S. employees working from home. In accounting, Deloitte, which has about the same number of employees, has a staggering 86 percent working remotely at least 20 percent of the time. At Intel, 82 percent of their people regularly work remotely” (Fried, pg.…
Remote workers blame themselves first
“I’m such a slacker!”, “What’s wrong with me?”, “I always procrastinate; I hate it” are common thoughts when a person lacks motivation. When one’s motivation has dropped so low it takes “a week to do a day’s work” (Fried, pg. 222), the common response is to blame ones' self for the problem. Other factors may be overlooked when one’s focus doesn’t leave their lack of motivation. Two common factors in a lack of motivation are:…