[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #687: Has the mold of work now been permanently broken?

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OPLIN 4Cast #687: Has the mold of work now been permanently broken?
September 23rd, 2020

[image: Broken glass] "How has work been for you, since the beginning of
the pandemic?"

When people ask me this question, I regularly struggle with answering it.
I've been working from home for over twelve years--long before #WFH became
a hashtag. In my personal reality, little has changed; my co-workers have
always been lines in a Slack channel. However, it's clear that everyone
*else's* working sphere has undergone significant transformations. Not only
that, some of these changes probably aren't going away...maybe ever.

   -
   - How has the pandemic changed working lives?
   <https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/08/20/how-has-the-pandemic-changed-working-lives>
   [The Economist] "Surely, the lack of a commute at least means workers have
   more time to themselves? Alas, no, the researchers find. In a modern
   variant of Parkinson’s Law, working hours have expanded to soak up the
   extra minutes, and more. "
   - How the Pandemic May Change ‘Work-Life Balance’ Forever
   <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-29/how-the-pandemic-is-changing-the-world-of-work-life-balance>
   [Bloomberg] "Some are taking very different approaches to maintaining their
   worker-friendly reputation, but a consistent theme has been making sure
   employees take time off. Whether because they can’t go on a real vacation
   due to infection fears or they simply fear losing their job when tens of
   millions of Americans are unemployed, many employees just won’t stop
   working at a time when stress and burnout are likely off the charts."
   - Here are the 3 biggest trends shaping the future of work
   <https://thenextweb.com/growth-quarters/2020/09/01/3-biggest-post-corona-trends-shaping-the-future-of-work-syndication/>
   [TheNextWeb] "Several common themes emerged, such as the importance of
   agility, flat communication and asynchronous workstreams. We’re all
   learning—and unlearning—new ways of working, and these three trends will
   likely shape the future of work. "
   - The Pandemic Has Permanently Changed the Way We Work
   <https://www.governing.com/work/The-Pandemic-Has-Permanently-Changed-the-Way-We-Work.html>
   [Governing.com] "The survey found that, for most Americans, the benefits of
   working remotely outweigh the disadvantages, citing mainly increased time
   and comfort when working from home. These benefits caused three-quarters of
   adults to say that they would like to work from home at least once or twice
   weekly, even after the pandemic has subsided."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - I'm an introvert, and I'm so happy to be working from home
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=144319496&site=ehost-live>
   (Jackson III, J. (2020). I’m an introvert, and I’m so happy to be working
   from home. *Utah Business*, *35*(6), 22.)
   - Risk and Reward: Why Working from Home Can Increase Cybersecurity
   Threats
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=143757149&site=ehost-live>
   (Bednar, J. (2020). Risk and Reward: Why Working from Home Can Increase
   Cybersecurity Threats. *BusinessWest*, *36*(3), 37.)
   - Views from a Distance: Working from Home Likely to Continue to
   Flourish After COVID-19
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=143757145&site=ehost-live>(Bednar,
   J. (2020). Views from a Distance: Working from Home Likely to Continue to
   Flourish After COVID-19. *BusinessWest*, *36*(3), 25.)

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