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Almost all remote-work news is negative now but was positive in the beginning of the pandemic. Have you noticed this or am I going crazy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ItsMeForRealNow@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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Earlier in the pandemic many news and magazine organizations would proudly write about how working from home always actually can lead to over working and being too "productive". I am yet to collect some evidence on it but I think we remember a good amount about this.

Now after a bunch of companies want their remote workers back at the office, every one of those companies are being almost propaganda machines which do not cite sound scientific studies but cite each other and interviews with higher ups in top companies that "remote workers are less productive". This is further cementing the general public's opinion on this matter.

And research that shows the opposite is buried deep within any search results.

Have you noticed this? Please share what you have observed. I'm going paranoid about this.

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[-] Blamemeta@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

The news is propaganda. Welcome to the club.

[-] Snekeyes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The best is this article using AI to show what a remote worker would look like after 70 years working from home. So ridiculous it's laugable. The propaganda is strong. Lol

https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/model-shows-what-remote-workers-will-look-like-in-70-years-606226.html

They also made another article about what the worker looks like after 20 years w life-size model too https://news.sky.com/story/life-sized-model-shows-what-office-workers-might-look-like-in-20-years-11843868

this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023

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