"Working" Remotely/From Home During Covid?

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

How are they saving millions on rent already? Didn’t they have leases? Some commercial landlords in NYC have been willing to renegotiate somewhat but most aren’t. COVID or not the leases are still enforceable. Legit companies can’t just walk away from them.

People lived in major cities because thats where the jobs are.   Working remotely allows someone to move to where owning a house or renting is a lot less expensive.   A person or business can break a lease anytime...they would just take a hit on their credit..most landlords are dishonest anyway and tend to tack in ridiculous and phony fees to sell them to collection agencies.   

What's really good is that these liberal shithole cities will start emptying out and with it also goes the prestige and world view that they don't deserve.    That's why I moved away from Asheville the minute I got the chance

[YngiweRhoads]

The world is so different today.  We used to get "experts" to do the smallest things that we now just Google and learn ourselves.  I don't know how any personal trainers can even get 1 client today.

Weak people need 'motivation'.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

How many hours of goofing off can you get away with at home?  I figure many are doing 2 hours of actual work a day, but being paid for 8.

Actually much less.   If you noticed on my monitor is a camera which can be activated remotely at any time if they want a visual but computer activity would also be monitored as well.   If there is low to no activity or if it doesn't match up with their respective peers then its a gone conclusion that they are a lazy fuck and would get a text message saying they were being laid off.....sort of like Marty McFly in Back To The Future 2.  So at this point you really cannot get away with goofing off

[residue]

How are they saving millions on rent already? Didn’t they have leases? Some commercial landlords in NYC have been willing to renegotiate somewhat but most aren’t. COVID or not the leases are still enforceable. Legit companies can’t just walk away from them.

sorry *will save millions, we had just moved into hudson yards paying out the ass, but we had a force majeure clause

[residue]

People lived in major cities because thats where the jobs are.   Working remotely allows someone to move to where owning a house or renting is a lot less expensive.   A person or business can break a lease anytime...they would just take a hit on their credit..most landlords are dishonest anyway and tend to tack in ridiculous and phony fees to sell them to collection agencies.   

What's really good is that these liberal shithole cities will start emptying out and with it also goes the prestige and world view that they don't deserve.    That's why I moved away from Asheville the minute I got the chance

 where even is Asheville and who the fuck would move from nyc to there?

[Kenpo Machine]

delaying the inevitable

they aren't needed,

IT professionals?

LOls

pretending they can do what I cant  when i can just  learn to do myself on a youtube tutorial?

I hired a team of IT professionals to build me a new server, two years ago

they are far from smart

I caught them "googling"

how to fix things

then I fired them

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

where even is Asheville and who the fuck would move from nyc to there?

North Carolina.   Its a city that markets itself as progressive but in reality, they basically tear down black neighborhoods, evict them, and turn them into condos and tea houses.   In addition, blacks are subjugated to minimum to low wage jobs or just not hired at all...I had one tree hugging hippie interviewer for Brendles to take about how integrated they were along with being enviromentally friendly......never got a fucking call from that granola bastard.   That's the problem with places like that....especially that whore bitch Leni Sitnick who was mayor of Asheville.   When I was in the NAACP (Big Mistake) H.K Edgarton invited her and her cronies to the Smokehouse, locked the doors, and had me and my buddies Tyrone and Rufus guard the door to make sure no one left the building where our grievances are told.   Stupid bitch said things would improve but it was just smoke up our asses.

Fuck Asheville.   Brotha man can't get shit in that progressive racist ass town.    Moving to a conservative city and state was the best decision I made.   I make 70k at my job....couldn't get nothing but 11.19 after 5 years of work at Lowes in North Carolina.   Its like I said before....rather be called a nig and get paid equally than to be praised and complimented for being black and get paid like the felon who got out of jail.  You guys have seen these "progressive liberals" talk about integration, civil rights, etc.   Black man vote for them...then black man's house get taken away, black man's neighborhood get gentrified, black man's neighborhood turned into a tea shop or coffee house.....and honestly, I've only been called a nig twice since I got her and it was at a gay club called 621.   I threw the little fairy in the dumpster outside and shut the door to people laughing.


I honestly would have gotten paid more to pick cotton out in Seaboard, NC.   

[epic is back]

does it make you sad and angry you measured against the standard of other joggers melvin?

[loco]

where even is Asheville and who the fuck would move from nyc to there?

NC.  One of the homes in Ashville:

[Primemuscle]

I dont have that type of luxury working in Customer Relations.  I can have get a company laptop but it's hard to try to do everything with one screen.  Much easier with 2 big old monitors.    I've always liked the Logitech pro keyboards...very solid with a very good tactile.  I actually replaced my desk with this one as it was falling apart.  Had it since I lived in Sylva.  Overall , it's a huge step up from the "Office Space "cubicle and company issued stuff I have available.  But I do miss it a bit....seems like an era and what I consider the final insult in dress.  When I started selling phones and beepers at US Cellular in 1995 all the way to 2007 with Alltel, we wore business suits, ties, etc.  I come back to the industry in 2016 and people are wearing flip flops, tshirts, tongue rings, and torn shirts.  Now its 2020 and its bathrobes and pajamas...😂

Yes, when working from home you can wear whatever you want or nothing at all. Just remember to change or get dressed for a Zoom meeting.

[SOMEPARTS]

NC.  One of the homes in Ashville:

Which cash crop built that? 

[Humble Narcissist]

Which cash crop built that? 

The cash crop didn't build that, those that picked the cash crop did.  At least the menial labor part of the construction.

[tres_taco_combo]

I go to into the office every day (prefer it that way) plus my office is nice and very close to home; we are all independent sales guys so if you sit around you will go broke in the mortgage biz.

what I do I miss are the meet and greets/Mixers which was a big part of my biz networking and social life.

I loathe working from home.  for some it works and they prefer it

[ThisisOverload]

I go to into the office every day (prefer it that way) plus my office is nice and very close to home; we are all independent sales guys so if you sit around you will go broke in the mortgage biz.

what I do I miss are the meet and greets/Mixers which was a big part of my biz networking and social life.

I loathe working from home.  for some it works and they prefer it

Yeah I need to go to the office, I get tired of being home all the time.

We've been having social Zoom events, but they are just not the same. Hard to network when everyone can hear you. Or we breakout into other groups. Just doesn't' feel right.

I worked from home for about 2 months, drove me nuts. Plus I have a good view from my office and it's only 5 miles away.

[Henda]

Not that it possible in my line of work it but would fucking hate working from home, having home and work mixed and having constant reminder of work in my house would be twatfull,also like being out the house all day, I’ve done jobs a quarter mile from my house and still eat my bait in van at dinner time rather than come home for it. some things best kept separate.

[Grape Ape]

How are they saving millions on rent already? Didn’t they have leases? Some commercial landlords in NYC have been willing to renegotiate somewhat but most aren’t. COVID or not the leases are still enforceable. Legit companies can’t just walk away from them.

Rent could be an all-encompassing term for rent and overhead related expenses.

I know the company I work for has saved millions on utilities / coffee / supplies, etc.

[Primemuscle]

Not that it possible in my line of work it but would fucking hate working from home, having home and work mixed and having constant reminder of work in my house would be twatfull,also like being out the house all day, I’ve done jobs a quarter mile from my house and still eat my bait in van at dinner time rather than come home for it. some things best kept separate.

What does 'eat my bait' mean?

[Henda]

What does 'eat my bait' mean?

bait = northern slang for food

[Primemuscle]

bait = northern slang for food

Thanks. I looked it up under UK slang and came up with nothing. I'm a visual person, eating bait wasn't a good picture. Bait to me is worms, bugs and tiny fish....none of which is the least bit appetizing except maybe anchovies and then only when they are filleted and brined.

[tres_taco_combo]

another reason I love my office:

I am a very social person and its nice to go to the shops around my office (cafes, coffee shops) today I went the Russian Barber - love that place. nice guys with tough backgrounds. very much love the USA. 

now live in a high rise condo and very limited Sq footage to have a massive computer set up.  I do not have the room

[SOMEPARTS]

Prime getting his Henda time:

[Humble Narcissist]

Not that it possible in my line of work it but would fucking hate working from home, having home and work mixed and having constant reminder of work in my house would be twatfull,also like being out the house all day, I’ve done jobs a quarter mile from my house and still eat my bait in van at dinner time rather than come home for it. some things best kept separate.

I worked from home years ago and it sucked like you say.  It was like a dark cloud hanging over the place always reminded of work.  I only did that for a few weeks and went back to the office.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Which cash crop built that? 

Shipping and railroads however the wealth of the Vanderbilts extends all the way back to the 1600's.   However, the house is only one part of of the entire layout which is why its that big.  It was the anchor to the Biltmore Village which was to support the upkeep of that mansion by cottage rentals & the town of Biltmore Forest.   Its basically a small city....or at least it was.   Biltmore Forest is a town (there are no blacks there) and Biltmore Village is encompassed by Asheville.


The place is even larger than pictured.....its scary that one man could have that kind of power at his hands to do something like this

[Primemuscle]

I worked from home years ago and it sucked like you say.  It was like a dark cloud hanging over the place always reminded of work.  I only did that for a few weeks and went back to the office.

I like being at home. I have no idea if I'd like working from home on a regular basis. I did it one summer and I would find a thousand other things I'd rather be doing. If my work had not required some appointments outside the home, I suspect I would not have like it at all.

A friend who worked from home, running her own business for many years, set up one of the downstairs bedrooms as an office. In the morning, she'd get dressed up in her office/work clothes and go to work. One thing that broke up the monotony of being in one place all the time was that she's frequently take clients to lunch, which was a necessary part of her business.

My daughter-in-law has been working at home since Covid restrictions were put in place. She can't wait until she's able to go back to the office. My son works halftime at home and halftime at the office. He enjoys working at home.

Working at home works for some people and not as well for others.

[Humble Narcissist]

I like being at home. I have no idea if I'd like working from home on a regular basis. I did it one summer and I would find a thousand other things I'd rather be doing. If my work had not required some appointments outside the home, I suspect I would not have like it at all.

A friend who worked from home, running her own business for many years, set up one of the downstairs bedrooms as an office. In the morning, she'd get dressed up in her office/work clothes and go to work. One thing that broke up the monotony of being in one place all the time was that she's frequently take clients to lunch, which was a necessary part of her business.

My daughter-in-law has been working at home since Covid restrictions were put in place. She can't wait until she's able to go back to the office. My son works halftime at home and halftime at the office. He enjoys working at home.

Working at home works for some people and not as well for others.

I've worked my own online businesses from home with no problems.  Just working for another company during certain hours with their rules I didn't like.  I now do almost everything at home.  I workout at home, cook my own gourmet meals, watch all movies and listening to music at home.  No more going out to concerts, out to eat, workout gyms, etc, even before the Covid.  I'm a homebody.