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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Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive” (oneworkforce.org)

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Where i used to just walk to the other room and ask something from my collegue i now need to message them in our internal and hope they notice it. Getting answers for questions have turned from 5 minute thing to 10-40 minute things.

Those rude shoulder-tap interruptions may have only taken you 5 minutes, but they ruined half an hour of productivity to the person you were interrupting. This is the whole reason people can be more productive at home without annoying bosses blathering at them.

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah every programmer I know loves not being exposed to the manager who just "has a question" or just want to "check in".

[–] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nah. Coders get slack messages. Only exception is if something is truly fucked and it needs to be fixed asap and for some strange reason i notice it before they do. Mosty happens when they push from test to production.

We have biweekly check ins with code team and thats enough.

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Anyone in focus on anything will have 20m ruined at minimum by your 5m interruption. It doesn't have to be coders. Your 5m interruption is one big reason a lot of people love wfh.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

The immediate interruption is good for management, but bad for the company overall.

That's why we still have Jira/email.

Critical importance: slack/in person

Can wait but important: high importance email, P1 Jira

Not important: Low impotance email, P2 Jira

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Thanks for typing out my thought about this. /a SW dev.