Wow, how do the kids or my generation (I'm 42) manage to get around then? I'm talking between town and cities, not around town.
Depending on the destination city, usually a combination of trains and buses. Or if it's somewhere not reachable by rail and you're rich, a plane.
No more than three days? The US banking setup is stuck in the 1970's
Yeah. Those third-party services like Venmo et al are able to exist because of time-sensitive situations like "I'm out with friends and need to give someone $20 for my share of the bill". You can't really use your bank directly to do that in any meaningful sense in the US. Even ignoring the overzealous security and nightmare UX of banks' apps (login, check your email to get a code cause none of them support proper 2FA, enter the code, hope that the public wifi you're on isn't a banned IP block, etc), the friend wouldn't be able to spend the $20 I send for at least a week.
Formalized ACH transfers are really only good for situations like if you've got several thousand dollars you won't need for a while in a savings account at one bank and want to move it into an account somewhere else. And even then you're better off physically going to the first bank, getting a cashier's check, and physically bringing it to the second place to avoid the wait times associated with ACH.
It's within 10 seconds for most banks inside the SEPA zone. That's any country in Europe to any other country. Within 10 seconds.
They'll take your money in 10 seconds here, that's for sure. Getting it to the other person takes a bit longer though.
The only difference between you and 2 generations ago is that you whine and cry about it instead of doing something about it.
You mean back when people could fund a college education with the income from simply working while there? And buy houses on typical salaries?
I find the Teams more interrupting: "you avail for a call?" and then I get dragged into an irrelevant meeting. When working at my desk I do get interrupted but also some people actually have the brains to notice that I am actually working and maybe the most they say is "I'll come back later."
Just ignore 'em. Set yourself away and mute notifications. This isn't really a thing you can do in real life when people accost you while you're trying to get something done; they'll move around in front of you and wave their arms, make gestures for you to take off headphones, etc. They can't do that in Teams. They've got to wait. Its probably the single best productivity enhancer you get from WFH.
Sorry, but that's just how it is, I know you all can't understand this. Better chair, better desk, dual monitors, better view out the window, people clean up the place, the food is better. Also I need lab space.
Interesting. These are the exact same reasons I'd give for being remote; I have far faster equipment, more monitors, a bigger desk and a more comfortable chair at home than work would ever splurge for. Its cleaner and smells nicer which helps me focus. I can prepare and eat a fresh lunch rather than bring in something to microwave. Most importantly, I have personal space and a room with just me in it to work -- something you definitely can't get at the office.
Also, working in the office and doing home stuff at home keeps the two SEPARATE! This is important. When the pandemic started we got good advice from a remote worker who works at home all the time. And the first rule was to keep work and life separate. No 24/7 on call bullshit, when the work is over shut off the computer. Same rule for the office - don't take work home with you. Being at home means someone out there may think you can now do the 7am meeting, or the 7pm meeting.
My jobs have always 24/7 on call type situations, so that aspect of it doesn't really change either way. That 3am hotfix deployment to fix what an external developer around the world just broke still has to happen regardless of what I building I was in 12 hours ago. Being remote just means my entire life doesn't have to revolve around being physically present at the office -- I'm not chained to being there during the hours everything else is open, so I can do things I could never do before like visit a dentist.
Yup, so true. Nobody who does actual work wants to be in an office. It is only managers and marketing weasels who want the serfs in the office and defend this policy here on
Yeah. You can really see this mindset on LinkedIn, which is like an entire self-selected social network for those types of people.
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