@[email protected] to Work [email protected] • 2 years agoJamie Dimon says employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like long commutes into the office, thinks remote work doesn't cut itwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down19
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minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink5•2 years agoBut isn’t making commutes longer a bad thing? Especially for the planet? And this is encouraging it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoIt makes commuting/commuters more expensive, so financially it incentivises remote work–which is objectively a better alternative.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink4•2 years agoI agree remote work is a better alternative. I was just addressing this idea of paying people to commute.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoDecent public transportation can offset this easily
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink6•2 years agoAt which point they say, “if we’re paying you to sit on the train, you can do some work while you’re sitting there.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoThen hey, I can get some of my 8 hrs done on the train and only have to sit in the office for 6 hours! Sounds like a win-win to me.
But isn’t making commutes longer a bad thing? Especially for the planet? And this is encouraging it.
It makes commuting/commuters more expensive, so financially it incentivises remote work–which is objectively a better alternative.
I agree remote work is a better alternative. I was just addressing this idea of paying people to commute.
Decent public transportation can offset this easily
At which point they say, “if we’re paying you to sit on the train, you can do some work while you’re sitting there.”
Then hey, I can get some of my 8 hrs done on the train and only have to sit in the office for 6 hours! Sounds like a win-win to me.
Capitalism in general is bad for the planet