Discussion about this post

User's avatar
James Wall's avatar

WFH is great for the individual and for their families. More time to interact with the family. Getting paid is even better.

If you have the sort of job where you commute to work and go into an office as stay there all day with the door closed and you brought your lunch and thermos of coffee and somehow do not have to use the bathroom and do not leave that office until closing, then for the employer and your officemates it makes no difference where you are as long as your work gets done. If not, and you really are as good at your job as you think you are, then from the employer and officemate standpoint having you in the office to share your knowledge, mentor others and perhaps even enhance your knowledge, is desirable. An employer pays not only for your executing your job but improving your efficiency in doing that job (unless union or government where stagnation is accepted) and helping other employees improve their performance. While it is not impossible, it’s hard to do that via Zoom.

Part of your pay is for your sacrificing the time you would have spent with your family. Often jobs that require frequent overnight travel pay more than similar jobs that do not. An extreme WFH advocate would have you be at home and not do any work. Even the most generous employer (excluding government) would find that intolerable and terminate you. Then your family would be without money to pay for food, clothing and shelter. Now, which is more family friendly?

Expand full comment

No posts