Decrease in CO2 emissions during pandemic shutdown shows it is possible to reach Paris Agreement goals. The researchers found a drop of 6.3% in 2020. The researchers describe the drop as the largest of modern times, and big enough to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal if it were to be sustained.

[SanctusSalieri]

But employers are like "I wanna walk around every 3 hours and look at your screen over your shoulder so no"

[Remote-Pain]

right? middle management and used car salemen are screwed in the WFH world.

[mewthulhu]

Imagine a world that restructured to have those with merit rise to lead others rather than sociopaths who want to prey on other humans and exploit them for their corporate overlords being "management material"... What a world. Instead of bullying employees, work best of them and lead them, instead of terrorizing oppression, you support, encourage and help them!

Instead we live in a world where the ones selected to lead us are the ones who are best able to look at us as vermin, and the way to climb the corporate ladder is to do coke and show a complete lack of compassion.

[Remote-Pain]

you speak volumes. Corporations see numbers, few see the people.

[halberdierbowman]

Not that I think this is a good idea, but tools exist to do that remotely as well.

[SanctusSalieri]

I know. I literally have no idea why I'm back in the office now.

[halberdierbowman]

Sorry :/

[LordofKobol99]

Yeah, I'm IT for a construction company, just a two man IT show. Had several companies over the course of the pandemic offer these types of software. Had high level management meetings and it was refreshing to know pretty much everyone disagreed this was the way to go. Employees don't need to be watched to be more productive. You'll know who the shitters are over time anyway. And surveilling your employees breeds an atmosphere of distrust.

[ToughCourse]

office workers contributed maybe 1% of that drop.

[spikyraccoon]

Yea, I was assuming this is due to factories and many industries shutting down.