Working from home was the dream but is it turning into a nightmare? | John Naughton

Working from home was the dream but is it turning into a nightmare? | John Naughton

3 years ago
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/15/working-from-home-was-the-dream-but-is-it-turning-into-a-nightmare

Back-to-back Zooms and employee surveillance apps have seen work invade the home in sinister ways

Remember when it was so exciting to be able to WFH – work from home? When your boss, instead of being grumpy and taking a grudging “well-if-you-must” attitude was suddenly insisting that you had to work remotely? And how refreshing that seemed at the beginning? No more dispiriting 90-minute commutes, for example. Suddenly, extra hours were added to your day. A better work-life balance beckoned, because we had developed a technological infrastructure that had made distance irrelevant. What was not to like?