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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan
After the initial getting used to it, I haven't seen too many problems with remote work at all. We kicked off our implementation of a new EMR in March 2020 with go live of May 2021, and that went amazingly well considering it was entirely remote. Our researches don't seem to have had too much of a problem with staggered lab use, and they're still publishing. The IRB, Sponsored Projects, and Tech Transfer offices are all super busy. Some offices / departments are sticking with remote work entirely. Some (like ours) is going to be hybrid unless someone tells us to do something else entirely. Obviously, most (but not all because of telemedicine) of the clinical work has to be done in person, and teaching hands on care has to be in person. But I don't think we'll ever go back to 100% on campus for everyone. Maybe some of the other institutions out there are doing things differently--I think Rice wants everyone on campus--but this seems to work for us AND I think employee recruitment/retention is going to drive a lot of the decision-making in the years to come.
I do this silly scavenger hunt every year. To do well, it's a good idea to have a fairly diverse team in terms of skill-set and locale, so the whole project is remote. I had no idea how well those skill sets would translate to an entirely remote workforce, but they're invaluable. I also teach appropriate use of social media to students and faculty. I've had grumbling from older faculty on how they don't use it so they don't have to know it. Very shortsighted. The people who bitch about not being able to have a firm culture through zoom clearly have never spent a lot of time developing relationships, interacting, being actual people online. Those of us who have been fucking around on the internet for years haven't had a problem with it.
This place, almost 20 years on this site, most definitely has a culture, shared values, and if we had to collaborate on something, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have too much of a problem doing so.
On a totally different note, I'm really sorry to read that you're having to go through chemo again. I'm feeling a little raw since I lost a friend yesterday to cancer, so I'm as sincere as I can possibly be when I say I hope you kick its ass and these six months are not too painful/onerous. I want you around for a long time.
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The last two years have been a joy. Unfathomable joy of not having some retarded subhuman last in his bottom tier law school class walk into my office, ask a stupid question, pick his nose, scratch his balls, pick his nose again and do whatever he wants anyway.
My office arranged an in person steakhouse dinner just preOmicron (which I politely and immediately declined) but on the date of canceled in "an abundance of caution." I thought "well that's progressive" and then two minutes later got the "someone in this group has tested positive" email.
Remote court hearings and depositions are going to be a thing going forward even if we are in an office coughing in each others' mouths. I can't justify two weeks and 4 grand in travel expenses to do what I can do over zoom and I am a plaintiff's lawyer with no one to really report expenses to except the client. Defense lawyers are pretty much never going to attend something live again.
OTOH, I had to cancel premium airline credit cards and give up any hope of status with any airlines other than via gift or gimmick. Cards with club access were justifiable when you traveled 2x a week. They are not when you travel 2x a year.
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