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  1. One interesting 'winner' from working from home has been the ME group's subdivision WashME that install washing machines in third party locations (such as retailers or petrol stations); a sort of revival of the old laundrette.

    Seemingly, those working from home no longer want clothes drying in the work environment, and indeed may not have the space for a washing machine & so are increasingly using such quasi-laundrettes.... perhaps a new location for office romances?

    #WorkingFromHome
    h/t FT

  2. So the International Energy Agency is arguing that other than flying less & driving slower, the best bet for developed countries to dal with the upheavals in the energy market caused by the US/Israeli attacks on Iran (and Iran's reprisals) is to expand working from home...

    There's a lot of managers who are going to be annoyed by such high profile advice (not least as it will save them little if any money, unlike their employees).

    #workers #WorkingFromHome #Iran
    h/t FT

  3. National Car Parks (who stated out converting WW2 bomb-sites into car parks) has gone into administration after post-Covid shifts in the way we works & shop has so reduced the use of car parks that they are unable to make a profit - which for an essentially rentier business is surprising.

    It will continue trading while some sort of future for the business is resolved... but it looks like the end of an era (in some ways).

    #CarParks #politics #WorkingFromHome
    h/t FT

  4. Why The Real Cost of Working From Home Varies Wildly in US Cities By Daniel Mercer. Edited by Asim BN . How much does it really cost to work from your living room? And, by the way, it really all de...

    #Business #career #chart #finance #lifestyle #news #Technology #United #States #work #working-from-home

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  5. Why The Real Cost of Working From Home Varies Wildly in US Cities By Brent Singleton. Edited by Asim BN . How much does it really cost to work from your living room? And, by the way, it really all...

    #Business #career #chart #finance #lifestyle #news #Technology #United #States #work #working-from-home

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  6. Q. how much of the pressure from senior managers to bring workers back to the office more often (if not for the entire working week) is generational?

    Are senior managers jealous of the 'freedoms' gained by younger staff working from home, never extended to them on their way up (when they were 'shackled' to a desk)?

    If so, we may see the pressure on workers to be in the office ease as mangers retire?

    #WorkingFromHome #workers
    h/t FT

  7. #DigitalSamba looks like a viable, free, #European alternative to #Teams, #Zoom, #WhatsApp and all the other #video #meeting suites. Just had a quick encrypted ad-hoc catch-up with a friend without having to sign up or jump through hoops. Lovely!

    digitalsamba.com/

    #onlinemeetings #videomeetings #workingfromhome #wfh #eu #digitalsovereignty

  8. Some summer days, work is a chore, even if I love my colleagues and like my job. Luckily, there is cat

    #cats #CatsOfMastodon #WorkingFromHome #wfh

  9. This morning I already feel exhausted because I had to drop my car off at the garage which involved driving through the city and sitting in traffic... how on earth did I #commute to the office every day in the past?!

    #WorkingFromHome #RemoteWork

  10. Well, Verizon is down in my area, at least mostly. I'm reminded of the developer's troubles getting technology to work (resulting in UXN being created). This has been interesting.

    My dad can't do anything because he works from home, so there's that.

  11. 🎟️ Register for a #policy showcase hosted by IRBSJ for #policymakers, #employers, #tradeunions, #thirdsector organisations and #academics interested in #workingfromhome, local #economic development, inclusive growth and #skills distribution.

    The event will consider findings from a project led by CPC-CG members Jackie Wahba and David McCollum, with colleagues from DMU, UAL, and the University of Birmingham.

    Info and registration: tickettailor.com/events/dmubal

    #business #economy #economicdevelopment

  12. Enjoying a 'working from home' afternoon in the apartment. Sunshine streaming through the window and music in my ears. #WFH #WorkingFromHome #Selfie

  13. Really grateful to our ISP Zen and an Openreach engineer at 8am for a big speed boost to our home Internet. We finally switched from slow ADSL to fibre to the cabinet + VOIP for our long term landline number. Faster connections especially help my hardware/software engineer husband working from home. #broadband #fibre #FTTC #SoGEA #landline #DigitalVoice #VOIP #ISP #Zen #Internet #WFH #WorkingFromHome #Openreach #ADSL #PartFibre #ZenInternet #ZenBroadband

  14. #Employers increasingly realise that #workingfromhome & #hybridworking are valued by potential applicants for jobs & this is now reflected in the frequency that such terms appear in job adverts.

    Sarah O'Connor (FT) then draws an interesting conclusion: its those #professions where #WFH is not really feasible that seem to have become most militant about pay & conditions;

    those #workers able to adopt hybrid working see it as an extra non-monetary benefit & so are less militant on #wages (?)

  15. A reminder for those celebrating the rise of #workingfromhome

    If you can do your job from anywhere, someone for anywhere can do your job!.

    #capitalism has a long history of finding cheap(er) labour & working from home has merely opened up the middle-class to the pressures the working class has been subjected to over decades of #globalisation

    The globalised 'efficiency' of such moves has had & continues to have major local consequences.

    Even for information workers, #offshoring is a thing!