[quote=scaredyclassic]Strangely, many of the telemedicine jobs my wife’s been offered require the doctors to come to the medical office to do the telemedicine. For no real reason… They can’t quite let go of making people show up.
I think in general management likes to see bodies it can exercise control of.
I exaggerate my love of human interaction. Humans can be draining and infuriating, and having to deal with them via screen or phone can make it easier. More distant, less affecting. This may better many workers mental health.
On the downside, there have been coworkers, some, over the years whose presence I’ve deeply enjoyed. On the other hand, some people are maddening.[/quote]
Well, there are some jobs (for instance) lab work that requires in person obviously. But there’s also some management style that have trust issues with employees.
I found that it was interesting that one biotech company a friend works out made all their hourly coworkers go back to office and make them work in close contacct cubicles while they gave all the engineers/scientists single room offices and also the option to work remotely. Obviously, all the engineers scientists are all working from home so all the single room offices are left unoccupied while all the clerical workers (the ones that haven’t quit yet) are bunched together in cubicles in close contact. To me, that sends a strong message to the clerical workers. “We don’t give a shit about you, even if you get sick from a covid reinfection…” And they wonder why people quit and it’s hard to find replacements.
