Work from home has been a huge boon to employment access for disabled people.
“The jobless rate for disabled workers — typically in double digits and 12.3% two years ago — dropped to 5.8% in November … the lowest rate for people with disabilities since record-keeping began in 2008.”
@tiffanycli And companies that force employees back to work disempower the very individuals that were able to thrive in remote work environments.
Remote work strengthens #diversity & #inclusion (https://pilot.co/blog/how-remote-work-strengthens-diversity-and-inclusion).
It's also better for the environment because less carbon is produced needlessly commuting, heating/cooling large buildings, etc. Long commutes to expensive downtowns that employees can't afford to live in are not #sustainable.
glad that I get to work at a company that supports #remotework
company: west coast
me: east coast
team: distributed across the US and around the 🗺️
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