There is another very important thing going for remote working and I'm amazed by how little it is discussed. Unless people use fully electrified means of transportation that use either renewable or nuclear power, every single person that works from home represents less carbon emissions. Just imagine removing all the emissions of all the people that work in jobs that can be done remotely, essentially almost everyone working in an office, except for public facing roles.
Plus, it is the cheapest thing we can all do to fight climate change, and a win-win for most stakeholders. It is great for workers. It is cheaper for bosses as they can downsize office space (the greatest cost for too many is to their egos). It is great, even for those whose roles are incompatible with remote work, as they see less competition in traffic and transit. And, above all, it is great for the planet as a whole.
It baffles me that we were able to adopt remote work massively to deal with the Covid emergency, yet fail to see it as one of our best tools to fight climate change, which is also an emergency. Right now, at a global scale, it is the most pressing one.
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Absolutely Rui, reducing the carbon footprint is noticeable, but as you also mention, even if you go fully electrified, having less unnecessary cars in the street is way better for everyone, but not for the ones that earn with having the streets full of people.
On my side, I'll always consider having a better life quality, and that's as working remote to any company around the world. I've already spent too much time of my life in extremely large commutes, without sleeping well and not having time for living, just to go to a building sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a desk to do something that I can do perfectly better from my own office, at home.
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There is another very important thing going for remote working and I'm amazed by how little it is discussed. Unless people use fully electrified means of transportation that use either renewable or nuclear power, every single person that works from home represents less carbon emissions. Just imagine removing all the emissions of all the people that work in jobs that can be done remotely, essentially almost everyone working in an office, except for public facing roles.
Plus, it is the cheapest thing we can all do to fight climate change, and a win-win for most stakeholders. It is great for workers. It is cheaper for bosses as they can downsize office space (the greatest cost for too many is to their egos). It is great, even for those whose roles are incompatible with remote work, as they see less competition in traffic and transit. And, above all, it is great for the planet as a whole.
It baffles me that we were able to adopt remote work massively to deal with the Covid emergency, yet fail to see it as one of our best tools to fight climate change, which is also an emergency. Right now, at a global scale, it is the most pressing one.
Absolutely Rui, reducing the carbon footprint is noticeable, but as you also mention, even if you go fully electrified, having less unnecessary cars in the street is way better for everyone, but not for the ones that earn with having the streets full of people.
On my side, I'll always consider having a better life quality, and that's as working remote to any company around the world. I've already spent too much time of my life in extremely large commutes, without sleeping well and not having time for living, just to go to a building sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a desk to do something that I can do perfectly better from my own office, at home.