alelectromigration:
The lockdown will eventually end, but a new mentality could last for generations.
I suspect the pandemic will create a new appreciation for stay at home jobs. Kind of like someone living through the Depression would tell their grandkids and great grandkids to save pennies. I bet a lot of people will value working from home more and making sure food is stocked up. Some people will rush out when quarantine is over. Some will have kind of gotten used to it.
Talk about the perfect breeding ground for a generation of super feedees. And if you're a feeder, find some work-from-home software pro and fatten them until they can can use their belly as a shelf for their keyboard. I predict there will be plenty to choose from!
Sorry but no, I don't think so. I have to burst your bubble.
Most folks don't or can't thrive in such a work environment and even if they can, don't want to. Nothing replaces face to face. Most want to leave their work crap the minute they walk out the door of the employer's facility.
Others don't have the infrastructure access to do this even if they want to. Many don't even have an appropriate environment at home (very little kids being around is one very good example, or living somewhere noisy).
Many if not most jobs can't be performed from home or be adapted to do so. Even of the jobs that theoretically could, they may be at organizations that may be unwilling or even unable to do so.
A lot of folks are starting to go insane from the lack of face to face contact, too. They can't stand it.
Now, after this is all over, will there be a much wider availability for folks who might actually want such an arrangement, even if part-time (go into the office on just some days)? I don't know.
