So the International Energy Agency is arguing that other than flying less & driving slower, the best bet for developed countries to dal with the upheavals in the energy market caused by the US/Israeli attacks on Iran (and Iran's reprisals) is to expand working from home...

There's a lot of managers who are going to be annoyed by such high profile advice (not least as it will save them little if any money, unlike their employees).

#workers #WorkingFromHome #Iran
h/t FT

National Car Parks (who stated out converting WW2 bomb-sites into car parks) has gone into administration after post-Covid shifts in the way we works & shop has so reduced the use of car parks that they are unable to make a profit - which for an essentially rentier business is surprising.

It will continue trading while some sort of future for the business is resolved... but it looks like the end of an era (in some ways).

#CarParks #politics #WorkingFromHome
h/t FT

Finding the balance between your home and home office is vital:

https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/bringing-the-office-to-you-5-essential-home-office-items/

#workingfromhome #hybridworking

Q. how much of the pressure from senior managers to bring workers back to the office more often (if not for the entire working week) is generational?

Are senior managers jealous of the 'freedoms' gained by younger staff working from home, never extended to them on their way up (when they were 'shackled' to a desk)?

If so, we may see the pressure on workers to be in the office ease as mangers retire?

#WorkingFromHome #workers
h/t FT

"Working from home is immoral" - businessowner's opinion of Elon Musk's verbal diarrhea

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/kcFqc1cgPWvt6s7fTLtdYv

#DigitalSamba looks like a viable, free, #European alternative to #Teams, #Zoom, #WhatsApp and all the other #video #meeting suites. Just had a quick encrypted ad-hoc catch-up with a friend without having to sign up or jump through hoops. Lovely!

https://www.digitalsamba.com/

#onlinemeetings #videomeetings #workingfromhome #wfh #eu #digitalsovereignty