My favorite quote:

While employees in the office might kill time messaging friends or flipping through TikTok, remote workers take advantage of being far from the watchful gaze of bosses to chip away at personal to-do lists or to goof off.

Nearly half of remote workers multitask on work calls or complete household chores like unloading the dishwasher or doing a load of laundry, according to the SurveyMonkey poll of 3,117 full-time workers in the U.S.

Oh noes, people actually doing things that are useful for their families instead of even more computer time.

It’s insane that this is even considered strange or surprising. When I work from home, I take longer lunch breaks and I often stop working earlier, but I’m still three times as productive compared to sitting in an office.

At home, I actually get focused time to do something and think. At the office, this is extreamly difficult with all the distractions and noise constantly interrupting my train of thought.

  • leftytighty@slrpnk.net
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    1 month ago

    I feel like they’re just trying to use variety in their wording and either configuration would have upset you

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      1 month ago

      I can tell you it wouldn’t… We usually do not have multiple words because they are completely and 100% interchangeable.

      It is the exact same message manipulation when a cop outright murders someone the headline often says something super tangential like “Perp lost life in altercation with police”… words matter and you’d expect journalist to know this

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        1 month ago

        I still think it’s overly cynical and not likely to be a conspiracy in this case but I do agree that it’s a general concern, highlighted especially now with the genocide in Gaza, so I don’t think you’re wrong to feel that way. I’m still choosing to be charitable in this case, however.

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          1 month ago

          I still think it’s overly cynical

          Definitely could be… I know this of myself and I have been working on it

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            1 month ago

            I think many of us feel that way, given how the world has evolved in my adult life I don’t blame anyone.

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      1 month ago

      Killing time implies you have time to kill. Goofing off implies avoiding work you need to do.