Retirees, Do You Believe People are Really Working From Home? (supplement, social security)
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Some politician wanna be. Count your blessings that all is well in your shop.
If they can get $30 an hour minimum wage, more power to them, but it seems like an awful lot of people these days are expecting businesses to subsidize a runaway real estate market. Idk what the answer is. People have to be able to pay for housing and food, and something's wrong when the average job doesn't pay the average rent.
We figured out years ago that paying less people more money to bring a higher level of competence to the overall picture was in our best interests. It probably helps that our community has more housing security than most.
If a business is built on a house of cards with low-wage workers making up the bottom tier, it's going to topple down at some point, pandemic or not. Those that claim they're losing their shirts because "no one wants to work!" clearly weren't dressed for bad weather.
I'm semi-retired from the business (my son runs the daily operations these days), and I do freelance writing to keep productive when the salmon aren't running. I do pretty well with it, but I certainly don't keep bankers' hours. It's my understanding that more and more people are doing this type of work, so I'm sure that makes a difference in the number of people shopping whenever they want.
ETA thanks for the well-wishes; we've been there over 35 years now and won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
To me, the 24x7 nature is the tragedy of it all. There is really no “off time” anymore. I’m never really off the leash. Sure, I can cheese a bit of time during the day for a Target run sometimes, but I’m also basically available 24x7 in a way most Boomers and Silents were not.
This is not new. Been the mentality in Silicon Valley for 20 years. It’s why I retired.
I'm not surprised by the replies lol I'm not surprised that some people who work still are replying.
Yeah, what are they doing posting in a thread addressed to retirees and some when they're supposed to be working? For those that are federal employees, does working from home mean you give up your locality pay?
Yeah, what are they doing posting in a thread addressed to retirees and some when they're supposed to be working? For those that are federal employees, does working from home mean you give up your locality pay?
Like I already told you, I'm self-employed and can post, shop (or order Instacart online ), and do whatever whenever I want.
Maybe you should get Instacart if people in the stores bother you so much.
Do you simply not understand that working from home typically involves flexible scheduling? Do you really think that if these employees were "getting away with something," it would go unnoticed?
You can find the answer to your question about federal employees through a quick Google search.
Yeah, what are they doing posting in a thread addressed to retirees and some when they're supposed to be working? For those that are federal employees, does working from home mean you give up your locality pay?
How do you know when people are “supposed” to be working? Like mentioned multiple times, most people who are able to work from home have flexible schedules. And as someone who is near retirement, I read this forum for information. Not that it’s any of your business.
Employers know if their employees aren't getting the work done.
I WFH full time and my hours are irrelevant. I do the work that is expected whether it's at 9 AM or finishing a project at midnight. My company doesn't track my online hours like Big Brother, but measures my performance by the deliverables.
No one cares if you make quick errands at various points of the day or pop out to the gym or walk the dog or do tasks around the house, as long as you get your work done. Of course there's expectations that you're in the meetings you need to be in and you don't blow off a meeting to go to the supermarket. But beyond that, the 9-5 in a cubicle world is increasingly a thing of the past for many of us.
It's great having this flexibility. Love not commuting, love the quieter times at markets and ease of popping out for an appointment.
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