Subj : Telecommuting and working remotely. To : All From : debian Date : Fri Jul 29 2022 00:56:05 First off, I am loving the fact that I can get my news from online bulletin boards and I don't have to visit these ad and javascript laden websites. I am also loving the fact that I can do all of this from a laptop PC from 1997 running Windows 98 SE. Now, on to the topic at hand. Reading a post from TechnologyDaily in the TQW_GENTECH area titled "Cost of living crisis driving workers towars hybrid working", confirms what I have been theorizing for a couple years now with regards to VR. In the "New World Order", you will be confined to your living quarters - your work will be done remotely from your location either via a computer terminal, or a VR station. Whether they actually attempt to implement this scenerio 100% remains to be seen, but we are seeing glimpses of it now. In this article, they state that data from slack shows that "70% of workers believe hybrid working [working remotely] has helped them deal with rising costs, as they now spend less on food and transportation to a physical office". If poeple keep this mentality, several industries are going to be heavily impacted. People won't be driving, flying, nor consuming as much. It goes with out saying that auto manufacturers, dealerships, airplane manufacturers, gas stations, and oil refineries (to name a few) will be decimated by this. Also, with people working remotely, there will be no need for a physical office location. This will impact the realestate industry as businesses won't be purchasing nor renting office space since you can just work at home for a fraction of the cost. My speculation here is that we will may see realestate prices drop atleast in some areas for office buildings. I say this is speculation and "in some areas" because in places like New York, the prices have not dropped for office space. Louis Rossman has reported on this in several of his videos where office space has been on the market for years by this point, and the price has not dropped. Maybe the prices will drop once the realestate agents who own those office buildings come to the realization that they absolutely must sell, or get tenants in their buildings? "The study also found hybrid working has become such an integral part of most people's lives that two-thirds (66%) say they would likely start looking for a new job if their current employer stopped offering it". If that is actually true, expect rent prices to go up on office buildings. Expect for office realestate to be adversely impacted by this type of mentality. Also, These type of jobs that can function in a remote working environment aren't sustainable when there is an economic down turn. Companies that produce something that is physically consumable are typically better able to withstand an economic downturn. Food, water, and ammo are the types of products that see a huge increase in demand during economic downturns. As things continue to worsen economically, I believe that we will see the companies which produce the aforementioned of products find a foothold and become more profitable than any of these companies that employ a remote office strategy. I could be wrong, and I suspect that the media will hide the fact that these remote companies are failing, but I am no economist after all. It is always better to live in actual reality. "The way we work has changed, and we are never going back" says Chris Mills (Head of Custoemr Success at Slack). I strongly disagree with this. As things worsen, these remote are going to fold as they aren't producing any physical product (for the most part). Most of these companies are tech companies - mostly tech support and software development companies. Any company that produces a physical product has a factory somewhere that you have to drive to and work at. I am not convinced that we have the technology to run a factory that is completely automated. I work in a factory that produces food and if we were to convert to a completely automated environment, the factory would be dead in the water within 5 minutes. The amount, severity, and cause of jams very widely and I am not convinced that the automation exists to properly identify the jam (and the cause of it) and correct for it. I do not see a remote office being sustainable, especially during an economic downturn. Article I am referencing: https://www.techradar.com/news/cost-of-living-crisis-drives-workers-towards-hyb rid-working/ How ya gonna do it? PS/2 it! --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/02/11 (Linux/64) * Origin: SPOT BBS / k9zw (700:100/69) .