The ‘coasting’ workers who’ve checked out of their jobs

Another WFH hit piece.. I am noticing these are becoming more and more common now.

I bet Edward is also breathing and blinking on company time - how dare he.

Dropping from 40 hours to 30 doesn't seem so drastic. If people are still performing all their duties it would seem their productivity has gone up.

> That doesn’t mean Edward is failing at his job or ignoring work; he does whatever his manager needs and, because he always replies to emails and attends scheduled calls, he’s never seen to be late. Rather, he’s decided simply to coast along, on a comfortable salary and in a remote set-up that suits his work-life balance.

Problem?

If we ended overtime and moved to a mandatory 4 day week maximum then more of the under employed would benefit. There's an army of people holding down bad jobs part time who can fill the space.

Robotics was a trigger for some of this. Mechanisation since the 1950s has altered the dynamic of work outside of knowledge workers, and knowledge workers are now probably both a majority in the west, and feel underpaid for the expectations.

Cultures with higher taxes and less disparity between rich and poor usually mean less ultra rich and more universal care of all kinds: on that front, stste funded childcare for everyone would help too.