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[–] 18 points 1 week ago (6 children)

When people say "remote," is that the new code word for "working from home or wherever the hell I want to work, such as a swimming pool at a resort in Cabo San Lucas"?

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  • [–] 24 points 1 week ago

    Yes for white collar. Blue collar remote means you drive 100+ miles to different sites to service industrial shit. I used to be an application engineer/FSR for a water chemistry company, serving power plants. Other regions had steel mills and paper mills, and I'm glad I only ever went to one to pick up equipment and drive back to regional HQ.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    I wish. My work computer is a 2 monitor PC setup so not a lot of ability to travel. But I can sometimes move to my parents house for a change of scenery.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    My work computer is a 2 monitor PC setup so not a lot of ability to travel

    ¿Huh?

    Just throw a laptop and a portable monitor into a backpack. I personally travel with 4.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    The company gave me a stationary pc. Where am I supposed to get a laptop from?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago

    Welp, you didnt mention it was a desktop PC. To answer your question, you can ask your employeer to issue you a laptop, or, if a policy allows it, set up the things you need for work on your personal one. Neither is particularly uncommon

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    sometimes, not always

    I've found that people use "work from home" more often when they mean actual work. slightly more often. most people I know still use remote interchangeably for work from home.

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