Is remote work bad for the economy?
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Is remote work bad for the economy?
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Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#2i’ve been working remotely for a decade and i’ve never been happier. i also suspect that the population being happier is no doubt bad for corporate profits.
Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#3i’ve been working remotely for a decade and i’ve never been happier. i also suspect that the population being happier is no doubt bad for corporate profits.
Happy people typically don’t spend as much money trying to drown their sorrows in consumer crap, food, and drugs.
Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#4No, but it is bad for some rent seeking players with loud voices.
Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#5The author's answer to the title question seems to be: No.
Which I agree with.
If the answer was "Yes" however, I would question if that's even a bad thing to begin with. If our economy is reliant on people driving to an office and spending their money at a restaurant, then our economy is pretty terrible to begin with.
Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#6I don't care what it does to the economy. The only people against remote work are middle managers fearing for their future and building owners afraid of losing out on rent money. I have been working remotely for 5 years and I will retire and live in a cardboard box before I commute and work in an office again.
Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#7It's bad for hcol cities that rely on the tax revenue to fund their public services and bad for the politicians that draw power from such. Also bad for corporations that won large tax abatements for fancy, new HQs in exchange for bringing in hundreds or thousands of high paying jobs to an area.
But good for the workers and good for the US economy as a whole as it redistributes higher paying jobs to increasingly rural areas as internet connectivity allows.
Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#8I don't care what it does to the economy. The only people against remote work are middle managers fearing for their future and building owners afraid of losing out on rent money. I have been working remotely for 5 years and I will retire and live in a cardboard box before I commute and work in an office again.
Middle managers will be needed more, not less.
Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#9Maybe dollars spent at local restaurants isn't the metric we should be optimizing for?
Re: Is remote work bad for the economy?
#10i’ve been working remotely for a decade and i’ve never been happier. i also suspect that the population being happier is no doubt bad for corporate profits.
I think you should consider more than your own happiness, we're talking about the economy, this includes local markets, hairdressers, restaurants, municipal areas, parks, etc.
There is a pull that cities have, that includes being in close proximity to people who earn a bit more, greater foot traffic, activities, and shops, among millions of other things
I guess if you want to sum up everyone else who was a part of the economic impact you used to have on them as corporations, then we have nothing to talk about