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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 165 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Unless Musk somehow copied himself several times, he is working remote for most of his companies each day.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 117 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

ROFL.

That's hilarious. You actually think Musk works?

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

He probably considered designing the cyber truck to be work.

[–] Mobilityfuture@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago
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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly, tweeting is part of his job of owning Twitter.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

naw. that's him trying to cosplay as a human.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Only on his Diablo progression...

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

You know he's a swiper anyway..

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 110 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Then they aren't really about efficiency, are they? When properly set up, WFH for office work is very effective and efficient.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

Agreed 100%. I used to work a hybrid schedule and I was much more efficient when I was at home and could be both relaxed and not distracted or annoyed by coworkers.

[–] DankDingleberry@lemmy.world 30 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

they already said it themselves: "Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome" so no, it was never about efficiency. at all.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Don't you love when someone from outside talks big shit pretending to know what YOUR job is and determining its not needed?

Almost like firing people based on code written didn't backfire last time..

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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 58 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

But think of the billions of dollars of now unused office space. That's horrible for real estate pricing, which is where many of these fucks are invested.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

It's not even a real estate issue sometimes. I worked in an office in an industrial facility- printing custom boxes. Everyone in an office job was on a hybrid schedule. No one's job required them to be at the office. All conversations were by Slack, all meetings were by Zoom even if we were all in the office. They could have knocked down the office space and put in at least two more industrial printers. Considering how backed up we got around Christmas, that would have helped them.

Some of this is just old assholes who think people need to be in the office all the time so they can watch them or something. I don't know.

At least they didn't make me wear a tie.

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago

And billions of barrels of oil no longer being used and going to waste from all the travel not happening and extra heat needed.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Efficient for whom? The rich all have millions invested in commercial real estate so if it's not about voluntary resignations it's about that.

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[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 66 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

So the government telling businesses how they have to operate is small government now?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

So small it'll fit right in your vagina.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 28 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I assume they mean all government positions. Hey look at that it's in the headline

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Oh we're well beyond "small government" at this point.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 130 points 16 hours ago

Fuck you both

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 53 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

Working from home for all jobs that it is compatible with should be a mandate to help lower the amount of gas necessary for commuting.

[–] numbermess@fedia.io 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yep but that means you're not buying gas, which is a crime

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Exactly! People died for this gas, don't you care???

That hurts their profits

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

And avoiding government inefficiency, exactly what their dept is actually supposed to be advising on

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

To help bring good jobs to rural locations, that's how you convince people

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[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 73 points 16 hours ago

god I fucking hate these people. Pure fucking hatred.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 76 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

At least they're open about it: The entire point (according to them) is attrition. The actual plan is to make work for these people much more hostile so they quit.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 45 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Do you think our tax bills will drop if they succeed in forcing these million employees to quit?

They said they want to run the government like a business, and it looks like that's what they're pursuing. Unfortunately, that just means they'll give us the lowest quality service at the highest possible price.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 19 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

They said they want to run the government like a business,

In other words: terribly. They want to run the government terribly, exactly how business runs in this country.

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[–] samokosik@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Why? I think businesses should be left alone to decide.

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[–] ModestMeme@lemm.ee 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We owe commercial real estate investors exactly jacksh’t. This is, at least in part, about securing income for commercial landlords. Their “jobs” aren’t any more precious than anyone else’s jobs that are being impacted hard by this changing era. If they would like to fill their buildings, they can fork over some cash to convert parts of them to housing.

Not landlords. About securing investments in commercial real estate.

Which given its traditional status as a rock solid baseline for investors, its not at all surprising that two rich fuckers are pushing hard to shore up commercial real estate. It probably makes a significant part of their investments.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

“The Deep State appreciates your hard work, know how, and dedication. Come work for us from home and help stymie the Shallow State”

[–] GreyYeti@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It did seem weird to me that Harris or any of the other democratic candidates campaigned on remote work. Seems like a smart pro-worker position to take that would directly impact a group she was trying to court: college educated professionals who skew male. Plus lower environmental impact, cheaper gas, more opportunities for working parents, etc.

The cynical reason I assume it wasn’t a talking point is because the 1% who directed the media conversation had a vested interest in return to pre-Covid status quo.

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[–] nanami@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

A people elected government has a mandate to protect its people. Its real frightening to see that instead it announces adopt the worst business practises of private economy.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

"Psst, Doogees, wait until you guys see what Robbie has planned for stay-at-home."

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

Imma be real... this isn't even a GOP vs DNC thing, the government has always fucking haaaaated telework, especially since Covid let the genie out of the bottle.

It's still going to be handled significantly worse than the DNC would though.

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