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Mandy Brown: Remote to who?
Mandy Brown: Remote to who?
Because if remote work gives us anything at all, it gives us the chance to root ourselves in a place that isn’t the workplace. It gives us the chance to really live in whatever place we have chosen to live—to live as neighbors and caretakers and organizers, to stop hoarding all of our creative and intellectual capacity for our employers and instead turn some of it towards building real political power in our communities.
·tinyletter.com·
Mandy Brown: Remote to who?
Derek Thompson: How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful? (The Atlantic)
Derek Thompson: How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful? (The Atlantic)
The surprising fact is that American leisure time has actually been increasing for most families for decades, and American men work less today, and have more down time, than ever recorded. Even if you consider that to be bad news (and many do), less work should improve just about any definition of work-life balance. Still, the most important reason why we rank barely above Mexico is the increase in single mothers who, in the U.S., face an extraordinary burden relative to their overseas counterparts.
·theatlantic.com·
Derek Thompson: How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful? (The Atlantic)