Dilbert: Feral Employees
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-04

As usual, Scott Adams nails it. I wonder how many emails he gets a day
from people complaining about their jobs ?

“Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work”
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/vaccines-reopenings-and-worker-revolts-big-techs-contentious-return-to-the-office/

“CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have
other plans.”

Lynn

In article <seem02$r3c$2@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>Dilbert: Feral Employees
> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-04
>
>As usual, Scott Adams nails it. I wonder how many emails he gets a day
>from people complaining about their jobs ?

MANY. Hal used to work in the same Pac Bell building as Adams,
though they never met.
>
>“Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work”
>
>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/vaccines-reopenings-and-worker-revolts-big-techs-contentious-return-to-the-office/
>
>“CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have
>other plans.”

Yup.

Meg *has* to work on-site, because the lawyer's clients have to
meet in person to sign documents; but they've taken multiple
precautions and so far as I know, neither Meg, her boss, nor the
clients have come down with anything. Walkyr's workplace has
decided they're going to work remotely till further notice: he
did have to go in a couple days last week to help disassemble
some desks and get rid of some monitors that would no longer be
in use (he brought home a couple of them).

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 19:26:36 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
wrote:

>In article <seem02$r3c$2@dont-email.me>,
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Dilbert: Feral Employees
>> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-04
>>
>>As usual, Scott Adams nails it. I wonder how many emails he gets a day
>>from people complaining about their jobs ?
>
>MANY. Hal used to work in the same Pac Bell building as Adams,
>though they never met.
>>
>>“Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work”
>>
>>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/vaccines-reopenings-and-worker-revolts-big-techs-contentious-return-to-the-office/
>>
>>“CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have
>>other plans.”
>
>Yup.
>
>Meg *has* to work on-site, because the lawyer's clients have to
>meet in person to sign documents; but they've taken multiple
>precautions and so far as I know, neither Meg, her boss, nor the
>clients have come down with anything. Walkyr's workplace has
>decided they're going to work remotely till further notice: he
>did have to go in a couple days last week to help disassemble
>some desks and get rid of some monitors that would no longer be
>in use (he brought home a couple of them).

At this point I _can_ go in if I want to but I don't have to. It's
not clear if they'll ever start _requiring_ us to go in again.

In article <055mggd13108vetv92d00dsg9npi133d87@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 19:26:36 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <seem02$r3c$2@dont-email.me>,
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>Dilbert: Feral Employees
>>> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-04
>>>
>>>As usual, Scott Adams nails it. I wonder how many emails he gets a day
>>>from people complaining about their jobs ?
>>
>>MANY. Hal used to work in the same Pac Bell building as Adams,
>>though they never met.
>>>
>>>“Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work”
>>>
>>>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/vaccines-reopenings-and-worker-revolts-big-techs-contentious-return-to-the-office/
>>>
>>>“CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have
>>>other plans.”
>>
>>Yup.
>>
>>Meg *has* to work on-site, because the lawyer's clients have to
>>meet in person to sign documents; but they've taken multiple
>>precautions and so far as I know, neither Meg, her boss, nor the
>>clients have come down with anything. Walkyr's workplace has
>>decided they're going to work remotely till further notice: he
>>did have to go in a couple days last week to help disassemble
>>some desks and get rid of some monitors that would no longer be
>>in use (he brought home a couple of them).
>
>At this point I _can_ go in if I want to but I don't have to. It's
>not clear if they'll ever start _requiring_ us to go in again.

Ideally, we would all get a choice, go in, or stay remote.

Remember when Nancy Leibowitz's .sig read, "I want to move to
theory. Everything works in theory."?

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 8/4/2021 7:06 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <055mggd13108vetv92d00dsg9npi133d87@4ax.com>,
> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 19:26:36 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <seem02$r3c$2@dont-email.me>,
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Dilbert: Feral Employees
>>>> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-04
>>>>
>>>> As usual, Scott Adams nails it. I wonder how many emails he gets a day
>>> >from people complaining about their jobs ?
>>>
>>> MANY. Hal used to work in the same Pac Bell building as Adams,
>>> though they never met.
>>>>
>>>> “Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work”
>>>>
>>>> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/vaccines-reopenings-and-worker-revolts-big-techs-contentious-return-to-the-office/
>>>>
>>>> “CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have
>>>> other plans.”
>>>
>>> Yup.
>>>
>>> Meg *has* to work on-site, because the lawyer's clients have to
>>> meet in person to sign documents; but they've taken multiple
>>> precautions and so far as I know, neither Meg, her boss, nor the
>>> clients have come down with anything. Walkyr's workplace has
>>> decided they're going to work remotely till further notice: he
>>> did have to go in a couple days last week to help disassemble
>>> some desks and get rid of some monitors that would no longer be
>>> in use (he brought home a couple of them).
>>
>> At this point I _can_ go in if I want to but I don't have to. It's
>> not clear if they'll ever start _requiring_ us to go in again.
>
> Ideally, we would all get a choice, go in, or stay remote.
>
> Remember when Nancy Leibowitz's .sig read, "I want to move to
> theory. Everything works in theory."?

The world is not very ideal.

Lynn

On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 13:24:00 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>Dilbert: Feral Employees
> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-04
>
>As usual, Scott Adams nails it. I wonder how many emails he gets a day
>from people complaining about their jobs ?
>
>“Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work”
>
>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/vaccines-reopenings-and-worker-revolts-big-techs-contentious-return-to-the-office/
>
>“CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have
>other plans.”

I've seen reports that a fair number of former office workers would be
willing to take /pay cuts/ to be allowed to continue working from
home.

And why not?
Less commute time == more personal/family time
Less commute expense == more money for other things
Less formal atmosphere == less money spent on "office clothes"
among, no doubt, many other advantages

Such as multi-zooming:
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-02
making it much easier to hold down two jobs at once!
(Or, rather, in Wally's case, to not do two jobs at once.)
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

In article <3o6ogg5g01gkp05jmqqf74rf1olo2608v3@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 13:24:00 -0500, Lynn McGuire
><lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Dilbert: Feral Employees
>> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-04
>>
>>As usual, Scott Adams nails it. I wonder how many emails he gets a day
>>from people complaining about their jobs ?
>>
>>�Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work�
>>
>>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/vaccines-reopenings-and-worker-revolts-big-techs-contentious-return-to-the-office/
>>
>>�CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have
>>other plans.�
>
>I've seen reports that a fair number of former office workers would be
>willing to take /pay cuts/ to be allowed to continue working from
>home.

And not a few are quitting and seeking other employment, rather
than commute.
>

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/