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Transit Strike: How "Work at Home" is breaking the strike

How are New Yorkers coping with the strike? That's right, Mr. Cable Modem to the rescue...

From MSNBC

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"It makes it a lot easier for people to function when you have a crisis like this, just to log in from wherever you are," she said. "It's inconvenient, obviously, but I think we've been able to work around it."
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You mean, you dont have to "Go" to work to be "At Work"? Why thats anarchy!, the next thing you know people will be shipping jobs to inexpensive places all around the world and then where will the people living in expensive markets like New York be?

(Answer: Idaho, North Carolina, South Carolina, Michigans Upper Penninsula, Hawaii, Wyoming basically anywhere theres access to broadband. )

More to follow...

Extra credit question: What will hordes of clock watching middle managers do if they cant actually see the people doing the work they take credit for?

Posted @ December 21, 2005 08:12 PM | Current Affairs