Will work-from-home conditions outlast virus? Ford’s move suggests yes

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4 thoughts on “Will work-from-home conditions outlast virus? Ford’s move suggests yes

  1. Ford Motors business model makes complete sense. Let your workers and all the workers of the fortune 500 companies work from home and you won’t need to build cars. Since the majority of the miles driven for most owner is work commute, why own a car?
    Rolls Royce recently discussed not having there employs back at HQ. Those employees won’t be supporting the downtown restaurant and entertainment industry. Therefor people don’t need to get on planes that have Rolls Royce engine to come to a convention town that has no restaurant and entertainment district! Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
    Probably be a boom for the Psychiatric business though.

    1. Be careful what you wish for, Bob. More Democratic voters moving to Republican states… especially those decided by small margins in 2020… might have consequences you didn’t think of.

      Republicans were better off to have Democratic voters stay in cities, as opposed to being more spread across the country. Unless the Republicans actually intend to change their platform and be more inclusive, I won’t hold my breath on that one.

  2. I used to work from home and I was incredibly productive, but I found it harder and more draining because I had to prove to my pointy haired boss that I was even more productive than when I was in the office. But, at the same time, some incredible collaboration happened around the lunch table. Plus getting out of the house was often a welcome relief.

  3. Quote: A more flexible attitude about workplaces could deal a blow to the largest U.S. cities. Many Americans are already capitalizing on remote work to leave New York, Los Angeles, Boston and the San Francisco Bay area in favor of Phoenix; Tampa; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; and other less expensive areas, real estate data shows.

    One telling detail: Even as the number of homes for sale has tumbled nationally in the past year, the supply of for-sale houses in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles has actually increased, according to the real estate brokerage Redfin. And the drop in available homes has been much smaller than the national average in other large coastal cities, such as Seattle, Boston and Washington.

    HA! ‘Talk about whistling past the graveyard: Say what you want, but who wants to live in those Democrat-controlled, riot-prone dumps, regardless of workplace trends?

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