I see the problem is that it has to be BEV-only or bust. I think there is room for longer-range hybrid (40-60 mile) which would be excellent for the rental market. Then when you want to go out of town on a road trip, you rent one of those which has an essentially unlimited range range and only needs fuel stations every 300 miles or so..

We don't need a dent nor really should we want to be a major choice in the market. IMHO, Linux users are mostly self-selecting. They want to choose it for one reason or another and shun or avoid other commercial options. The fact that Microsoft has multiple internal distros means Linux has won. Having 4 or more great desktop distros is just gravy for the users.

This sounds good, but most of these companies require you not to be an existing customer to get the cheap rate. So you have to cancel/disconnect and be without service for some time.

*less inflation while the printer goes "BRT'

I think some people will question if that pay is worth losing practically their entire work day to not just working, but the commute to and front the office. Who wants to get up, drive, work, drive, sleep, with little time for anything else until the weekend?

Even if they still have to drive into the office, but that drive can be 15 minutes vs. 2-3 hours, suddenly they've half a day of time they gain back.

No one trusts "anonymous" surveys actually being anonymous. Even if they truly are anonymous, supervisors make assumptions about comments and attribute them to people, true or not, and then dismiss them as being from "negative" people. Management just listens to the "Yes" folks echoing what they want to hear. BTDTGTTS

Ask to have a meeting with the local branch manager. Let them know how unacceptable it is to use SSNs for security. Ask them if they have plans to change that and when. If they don't or won't change that, open a new account somewhere that takes security seriously. Vote with your wallet.

While I wish my employer would allow a full-time WFH solution, I'm grateful they've moved to a partial-WFH solution that is flexible. Each division's manager is able to set their own policy, and mine had stipulated 2 days per week in the office. 3 days WFH is nice enough and seems a good compromise. I can definitely tell that I'm more interrupted and therefore less personally productive when in the office. Whereas at home I'm only interrupted when it is work-related and typically for as short a time as possible. Remote-only meetings mean I can typically get multi-task and get some other work done at the same time.

I also get more done overall at home when I take a work break while walking about my house doing a chore for 10-15 minutes, such as vacuuming, taking the trash out, putting away the dishes. It's stuff I need to do anyway, it is still a good "break from work" and a physical "stretch" but short enough that I'm done in 15 minutes and back to work as I should be. Even for lunch I can be more productive as it takes way less time to prep my meals at home vs. at work. I rarely take more than a 30 minute meal break at home, vs. typically needed the entire hour at work and would get to chatting with co-workers, etc.

I'd rather spend less "social" time with my co-workers and have more personal time after work to spend with friends that have nothing to do with work. I enjoy my co-workers, and a quick catch-up on their kids or weekend plans is cool, but not worth an extra 30 minutes per day at lunch. We typically do that quick catch-up as we're waiting for tasks to get done anyway, so it's a win-win for us.

As I'm wrapped up with work a 4pm most WFH days, I still have energy, don't have to commute home, that means I also get even more personal things done in the early evenings - even if that's just an hour bike ride, doing a little yard work, etc. This frees up even more time on the weekend for larger/longer events.

Right? How is this really different than a @gmail.com account w/free G Drive storage? Main difference is the vanity domain... and a number of apps they never got working with G Suite.

Employer is always liable for employee actions (while working) under tort law.

Gunshot recipient. Victim implies at no fault of their own. The fact that they were at fault and/or this was self-defense is exactly what is up for debate.

Is a drunk driver who gets into an accident an "accident victim"?

"Papers please!" - yeah, Germany really isn't a great example of personal freedoms, are they?

LOL, that would be an interesting pole. I doubt it, but I've nothing to base it on - do you have anything to base it on? I have purposely refused to go the management route, because one, I don't want to manage/supervise people (I don't mind training new folks and working along side them); two, I want to stay technical; and three, my boss barely earns more than me (like $1K/year), and his boss makes bit more (like $10K/year), and they have all the "stress" you speak of reporting to the board and such. From what I've observed, most of the stress in IT comes from other departments and unreasonable demands and not saying "no" or "we can do that, but you have to cancel or delay another project".

Piled up work isn't my problem. That's management's problem to staff up, contract out, or do whatever to catch up. There is never a perfect worker to work-load ratio. There is almost always more work than employees can handle. Do the 8 hours, and get out.

Not sure where you've worked in the US, but I have no concerns of sharing my vacation plans with my co-workers and boss. If the project is in crisis, again, it is management and the project manager's fault, not staff.

The "winners".