Originally Posted By: Todd
Originally Posted By: NickD90


I think many Americans are starting to realize what "work" looks like in most of the EU. It's pretty damn nice. They've been telling us this for years, but Americans have had that hardworking, overtime slave wage mentality forever. Folks are waking up to what life can be like and it's great!



I think this is true. It took a bit of getting used to, but I was able to do about 70% of my work from home, though not as quickly or as efficiently, but if it were to become permanent I could get it up to speed by adding a few bells and whistles.

I think there will be some significant changes to the commercial real estate world...smaller and less densely populated office spaces are probably on the horizon.

That being said, Amazon has experimented with working from home, and abandoned it, for the most part...they found that a lot more work can get done with butts in seats, that's why they have so many buildings and offices everywhere.

Fish on...

Todd


I never understood Amazon's mentality on work-from-home. I turned down a couple gigs there because of that attitude.

I've been very lucky to have worked from home about 95% of the time since 2001. Just give me a laptop and and fast internet connection and away we go. I hate commuting so this works for me. I and some colleagues are more productive at home anyway.

Here's a bonus for everyone. During Covid, we've been working and paying into the economy just like before the pandemic. Hope it helps.