"Asia" didn't roll out anything. Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines, and Pakistan rolled out independent measures.
nhubbard 18 minutes ago [-]
Maybe a better title would say "Asian nations [independently] roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis"?
butILoveLife 23 minutes ago [-]
Right? Weird title.
tarentel 14 minutes ago [-]
Right this is a terrible title. An equally bad and catchy title would have been Asia orders people to take stairs instead of elevators.
wing-_-nuts 8 minutes ago [-]
I've long said that WFH is an easy win climate change solution that costs nothing, is well loved by everyone who participates (except management). Turns out in times like this, it's also an energy security measure.
scottious 36 seconds ago [-]
and if you're talking to somebody who doesn't care about climate change just substitute "climate change" with "traffic"
scottious 14 minutes ago [-]
It's too bad that countries only consider things like this to address a crisis in fuel costs. Why not enact measures like this to curb the pollution and CO2? I guess it says a lot about what humanity truly values.
lizknope 3 minutes ago [-]
We saw how much less pollution there was during the pandemic
I worked from home but a few times I needed to go to my parents house during what used to be rush hour. Less than 5% of normal traffic and fuel demand dropped so much that prices were lower.
My job went hybrid in 2022 and then return to office full time last year. Everyone hates it. It's a waste of time and resources.
Less pollution, less traffic means we don't need to use tax revenue to expand roads and less wear and tear means less repairs.
Take it one step further and give tax breaks to businesses that let employees work from home and close physical offices. Then this means less new office construction which can be used for housing to help the housing crisis. It's a win win for everyone except control freak managers.
harperlee 10 minutes ago [-]
One is an immediate impact in your pocket, the other one has an impact lag that you count in years/decades.
toomuchtodo 5 minutes ago [-]
Optimizing performance management and labor cost controls is more important to those making these decisions than climate change. Misaligned incentives.
butILoveLife 19 minutes ago [-]
Makes sense for short term damage control. However, I think in the medium and long term you end up having productivity hits from such measures.
I know its unpopular to say, but when I have my 2 programmers in office, we get sooo much more done than at home. Someone gets stuck and we don't message/call, we just talk.
Although, if you want to justify WFH, introverted-like people do not get the same level of benefit as extroverted-like people in this situation. The extroverted people will just start talking. The introverted people need to be asked.
alexjplant 2 minutes ago [-]
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idiotsecant 7 minutes ago [-]
Sounds like your problem is that management hasn't provided the right tools to be productive.
butILoveLife 3 minutes ago [-]
Go ahead.....
glitchc 11 minutes ago [-]
Does this mean that President Trump is the (unexpected) champion of the remote working crowd? Not the hero we need but the hero we deserve, and all that.
yellow_lead 2 minutes ago [-]
I love WFH but I'd also rather we not blow up schools.
Tostino 8 minutes ago [-]
And all he had to do was make it too expensive to even travel to your usual working location.
Truly the hero we deserve.
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I worked from home but a few times I needed to go to my parents house during what used to be rush hour. Less than 5% of normal traffic and fuel demand dropped so much that prices were lower.
My job went hybrid in 2022 and then return to office full time last year. Everyone hates it. It's a waste of time and resources.
Less pollution, less traffic means we don't need to use tax revenue to expand roads and less wear and tear means less repairs.
Take it one step further and give tax breaks to businesses that let employees work from home and close physical offices. Then this means less new office construction which can be used for housing to help the housing crisis. It's a win win for everyone except control freak managers.
I know its unpopular to say, but when I have my 2 programmers in office, we get sooo much more done than at home. Someone gets stuck and we don't message/call, we just talk.
Although, if you want to justify WFH, introverted-like people do not get the same level of benefit as extroverted-like people in this situation. The extroverted people will just start talking. The introverted people need to be asked.
Truly the hero we deserve.