• Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Thank god I have some savings. Too bad my retirement is tied to the “economy”

    Anyone else feeling like it doesn’t make sense to save for a future that’ll suck? Like if I wanna travel to Europe, does it make sense to wait until climate change fucks shit up?

    I remember reading in Sapiens how credit works because most people believe the future will be better. What happens when that’s no longer the case? What happens when that becomes super obvious

    That was a good article, OP! Thanks for sharing

    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Savings are always a good idea; it’s best to have money if fired or you want to quit.

      We should stay hopeful while being realists; being negative does not help our health, physical or mental.

      Travel whenever you can; why wait for a job that will quickly replace us when we die…

      FYI: OP is a bot; check profile information. It should also show a bot symbol next to their name.

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    1 month ago

    I still don’t trust this theory. There’s no evidences that the property owners and the companies that lend those offices are linked together. I’ve never seen anyone make a link between the two. I’ve never seen anyone even try to do it or mention it.

    My hypothesis is that middle management and executives is in crisis because of this. Because they can’t justify half their salary if they can’t be above your shoulder to tell you what to do, and if they can’t hold you up in a room for a useless meeting that should have been an email. They are missing the power they have on you. Half their manipulation techniques also rely on body language. They want to see your obedience. And if you’re unable to work from home, it justifies anything because suddenly you’re like a child in school. They don’t trust you either.

    Oh and of course they can much more easily take you hostage to work overtime if you’re not already home.

    Sometimes it’s an actual lack of experience working with people who are not on site. Sometimes they need the extra time from lunch and coffee break to have actual work done. Sometimes they don’t have working tools and process to organise or communicate.

    But I’m convinced that, mostly, it’s all about a lack trust and domination. And layoffs obviously, those are a valid reason for a company too.

    Obviously I’m not saying a crisis is not coming. I’m saying that the fight against remote work is unrelated to this crisis.