Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower (eu.usatoday.com)

submitted 2 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This article can be applied the same way to Office workers. No they’re not working 100% of the time. What’s a problem is if they’re exceedingly unavailable or underperforming at their job and affecting others.

[–] mayo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I stay at home to work on cool projects and I go to the office to get through mountains of boring administrative tasks and socialize. The whole time at work issue being discussed isn't as important as labour productivity.

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

I'm constantly preaching that "we don't work in a widget factory, there is only the work there is to do, and if it's all done, wtf are you complaining about? Asses in seats does not correlate to work completed. As long as we're available to complete tasks, you're getting what you're paying for."

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shit, my desk used to be next to the kitchen. I made lunch and ran/emptied the dishwasher at the office and the bosses didn't whinge about how I spent my time. I also did a bunch of my ideation on the office couch.

But do the same things in my home and it's a problem? That tells me what the real issue is: the threat of agency.

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

My management prizes my ability to write complex things ina professional and easily digestible manner. However part of that process might look like I'm doing nothing at all, while I've got a half a draft written and I'm just sitting there for an hour and a half doing sudoku puzzles while what I've written vs what I need to say percolates in my brain. And yet I have to be cautious about it because some of them are convinced we work in a widget factory, where ass in seat and hands on keyboard equals work produced.