There's a reason I like Mark Cuban. I'm glad he spoke against this insanity. For a billionaire, he's always taken great care of his players.
Except for the whole sexual harassment scandal a couple of years ago...
Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
11–20 of 185 posts
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#12What if, at the tail end of all this, a bunch of people find that they've tried remote work and decided: "Hey - this fucking rules! " In part because they've realized that they can complete their core work duties in less time, with less distractions, and zero commuting. Maybe - just maybe - this could be the unplug that helps people prioritize the things that they enjoy over their work. I recognize that's a viewpoint…
Seriously hope you're right. But given that we're clearly in a distressed timeline, I doubt this will happen.
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#13Seems like a pretty straightforward reason: billionaires have lots of people working under them, and they understandably want those people to work again for financial reasons. Definitely not a good idea to go back to work now, though; hopefully this quarantine brings people (socially, emotionally, not physically) together, and hopefully it lasts as long as is necessary.
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#14What if, at the tail end of all this, a bunch of people find that they've tried remote work and decided: "Hey - this fucking rules! " In part because they've realized that they can complete their core work duties in less time, with less distractions, and zero commuting. Maybe - just maybe - this could be the unplug that helps people prioritize the things that they enjoy over their work. I recognize that's a viewpoint…
> In part because they've realized that they can complete their core work duties in less time, with less distractions, and zero commuting.
The first two depend _very_ heavily on both your home and office environments. It is certainly not true for myself.
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#15Some of us look after our employees.
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#16> Mark Cuban, who owns the Dallas Mavericks, wants Americans to listen to epidemiologists instead. “Ignore anything someone like me might say,” Cuban wrote in an email. “Lives are at stake.”
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#17“No one reached out to me and said, ‘As a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren?’” Patrick said. “If that’s the exchange, I’m all in.”
This is from Dan Patrick, Texas Lt Gov. who doesn't want to sacrifice their lives for S&P 500?
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#18Usually they don't say the quiet part out loud, and yet here we are. We're incredibly fortunate in tech that we can do a large portion of work remotely, many people aren't so lucky. One would think that we'd value life above profit but lately that doesn't appear to be the case.
> Usually they don't say the quiet part out loud, and yet here we are.
I can’t wrap my head around this. Why would any sane person say this out loud, regardless of their opinions?
Don’t these people have PR consultants around? What am I missing?
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#19Okay, so if we let the infection rip, what's their plan to deal with the massive wave of people suffocating on their own phlegm? Dig a trench?
They don't care. That's how they are billionaire and only thing that matter to them is get the revenue and get work done.
Re: Billionaires Want People Back to Work. Employees Aren’t So Sure
#20What if, at the tail end of all this, a bunch of people find that they've tried remote work and decided: "Hey - this fucking rules! " In part because they've realized that they can complete their core work duties in less time, with less distractions, and zero commuting. Maybe - just maybe - this could be the unplug that helps people prioritize the things that they enjoy over their work. I recognize that's a viewpoint…
Interestingly enough, there is also now, with the explosion of co-working spaces, services for that part of the market that wants to work "in town" but without a commute to the "big smoke" (so to speak)
I wonder how WeWork will fare when an entire 2 generations of people realise they can work close to home and be more productive...