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- Older and disabled people need remote work and can contribute well to society with remote, but young people also highly value remote work
- 2 in 5 Americans would rather die young than live in poverty
- The notion that “If you cannot sit at a desk from 9-5 or beyond every day without variation, you are not of value” is a matter of control, not performance
- The Jobber theory of wanting to have someone to control and manipulate. I explain this in-depth in my interview on the Job Jumpers podcast: https://podcast.greysonpeltier.com/wp/2023/03/19/my-appearance-on-the-job-jumpers-podcast/
- Article discussing the lack of remote work vs. the demand for it: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/the-great-mismatch-remote-opportunities-are-decreasing
- ADP report: 60% of job seekers hope to find remote jobs
- In December 2022, Linkedln found that 14% of openings were remote versus 20% last Spring
- A study by ZipRecruiter found that 18-34 year-olds would accept a pay cut between 16-18% to be able to work remotely. This makes companies more profitable!
- Disgusting article in Business Insider claiming they Gen Z hates their jobs because of work from home. It’s corporate leaders’ internal bias in an article. https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-millennials-boomers-low-employee-engagement-jobs-productivity-wfh-2023-3?utm_source=reddit.com
- Work from home succeeding but being eviscerated by management is one example why workplace democracy, co-determination, and even unions can make a business more financially successful. Better, happier staff and for less money.
- Blaming employees for everything instead of fixing problems
- Constantly ignoring front-line complaints
- The kinds of risks and investments management take are modulated by worker control
- Regulatory violations may get fixed sooner under workplace democracy or employee ownership. Key example: East Palestine train derailment and unions asking for safety improvements.
- Settling for hybrid
- Desperate for flexible work, people turn to scams like MLMs and extremely low-paying jobs like Mechanical Turk
- Stay-at-home moms trying to get work get scammed by MLMs often
- Tons of YouTube ads for making money online fake guru scams
- If only retail/fast food jobs were better, people would take them for temporary/side money.
- Uber/DoorDash etc. way more popular than fast food restaurant shifts – it’s because of the way they treat people
- I get people in nice cars picking me up for Uber
- Advocacy for workers’ rights and improved pay and conditions continues despite the clamoring for a recession
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