IBM studied the problem and what they found was that people on the bottom (those doing the work) saw big productivity gains.
Unfortunately, those that manage them who preferred a "collaborative process" saw 92% declines in productivity. They needed the interactions to work effectively.
Personally, I think it just exposed how little middle management does vs all the meetings they need to talk about what they'll get others to do.
Ontario is currently waiting on New York to make it permanent so we can get rid of the time change
100 titles a year won't do it. That's less than 2 new movies or episodes a week. Given that the average American watches more than that per day their content will get very stale very fast. Half of those are making of, shorts, or "specials" which further dilutes the pool. The value just isn't there.
For context Netflix is more than double that per year (214 averaged over 7 years) with relatively few in the making of/shorts/specials categories.
You're absolutely right - for some reason I read it as Lagos - woops!
If you don't believe me then answer me this:
Why is the average monthly revenue per "paid subscriber" lower than their monthly subscription fee?
The lowest non-bundle price is US$5.83 and the cheapest bundle price is US$4.33 yet their revenue per "paid subscriber" is $4.08
The only way that makes sense is if they are including free accounts in the subscriber totals.
Clearly you didn't read the earnings report:
"A subscriber ceases to be a paid subscriber as of their effective cancellation date"
My effective cancellation date, having given them $0, is February 20th
It's not that they don't have these things, it's whether or not they are reliable. Laos is a major urban centre but something as simple as the snow belt in Ontario is prone to outages due to storm activity. Not long or major, but enough that someone may miss a day or two of work. Some companies may understand that but others will see it as an unauthorized absence.
It's definitely not impossible, I'm merely saying that there are issues.
What happens if you're based out of Toronto, take Thanksgiving as a holiday on October 11th, then head down to the US in November. Do you get to take Thanksgiving holiday a second time? Do you need a work permit? What if you're moving there for an extended period - do you get paid in USD? Is the wage change made based on the current exchange rate or fluctuate with pay periods? If it does change once, who determines when that change occurs and when you move back how does it change back?
The company my better half works for does it to their advantage, so after 3 months they must switch to being paid in the local currency, the company chooses the date the wage change occurs, and upon moving back it gets changed at the current exchange rates. That means they could end up with a pay cut but the company prohibits pay raises being obtained this way... bullshit but that's corporate for you.
It sounds nice to say work from anywhere - until you think about the realities of it.
Internet is not readily available in many areas. Some areas have issues with stable electrical grid - one area I was in if the main power went out the backup would last only until the fuel ran dry and it would take days to get a refuelling.
Most importantly though the time zone of where the office conducts business. It'd be great to fly off to Europe and travel around while working full time but if the company is on mountain time that means you're starting your day at 6pm and ending at 2am. Then what currency do they get paid in? Does the company have to adhere to labour laws where the employee resides? It's a massive can of worms that many companies won't want to deal with unless the employee is valuable.
In reality, "anywhere" means close enough not to cause the company headaches.
They have been running promotions to give away a free month of Disney+ so this does not mean paying customers.
We did it cause, hey, free. We immediately cancelled as the content is painfully lacking.
I was playing around with it and found this works a bit better for me:
filter:follows -filter:none
omg thank you! Infinitely better!
It'll work about as well as their feed changes, interests, topics, or whatever other nonsense they're going to use next to destroy their core product
We've been screaming this for years and always get dismissed as paranoid or overreacting. Location tracking is just the tip of the iceberg.
They're re-learning all the same lessons and it's costing a hell of a lot more... for a plane that isn't great in a dog fight
2.4 statute miles of surgical tubing at Yale U. = 1 I.V.League
