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Markola | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It’s true the core Excel, Word, Email, Adobe are all basically unchanged.  The big difference is the mobile wave, which means no one is ever really off work! 😂
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nobody | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Remote work is capitalism’s greatest con on humanity in my generation. Imagine being essentially on call 24/7 without pay…
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Markola | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don’t have to imagine it 😀
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nobody | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I transitioned from remote contractor to on-site employee around the beginning of the year. The boss still called me at home off the clock. 

iPhone’s focus modes came in real handy. Muted him and all my coworkers and it comes on automatically when I clock out. No more.