WORKING from home was always meant to be a temporary stay of affairs while covid worked its way through our lives.
But almost immediately a bunch of public servants owned it as their God-given right and a bunch of seemingly progressive companies jumped on board with their own flexible rules all in the name of staying an attractive (and ‘woke’) place to work.
Well, wouldn’t you know it but now those same companies have decided staff are more productive when they’re physically in the office. Duh.
Did AI help them come to that conclusion? The Commonwealth Bank has backflipped, Elon Musk hates it, Hostplus agrees and so what seemed a permanent four-day weekend for many are now shepherded back to the daily grind. About time.
My guess is that when the labour market starts to revert back to normal transmission everything that workers took for granted during covid will become a hazy memory.
Best dust off those resumes sooner rather than later I’d say.
PEACE BROTHERS
Having never been to war, I’m going out on a vibe here when I say I don’t think I’d much like to try. All that napalm in the morning etcetera.
But it strikes me as a touch uncomfortable when people try and link their peacetime civilities with what must truly be a hell on earth experience on the frontline.
Whatever you think of Ben Roberts-Smith, it isn’t a stretch to suggest war is not only a dirty business now but has been for thousands of years.
These people are trained to kill. Is the outcome surprising?
START-UPS
Good to see the government’s start-up venture investments are going well.
It seems as hard for government as it is for the average punter not to want to pick winners.
At least the punter does his dash with his own cash.