hey guys
ecrg here back with another episode as
you can see by the title of today's
episode we're talking about why remote
work
may not be great why remote work may not
be great
as you guys know the recording of this
episode is
june 2021 after the pandemic where the
pandemic is winding down hopefully
things are starting to get back to
normal employers are work opening up the
workforce
i mean opening up the offices um
some employers have probably opened it
up already um but
as more and more months go by more and
more people will be returning back to
the office
or so they say a lot of people
want to stay working remotely this if
anything has shown us this past year and
a half has shown us
people can work from home people can
work efficiently and it cost the
companies
way less to do so to do that
there are plenty of advantages of remote
work one the lack of daily commute
people hate commuting to the office
no geographical restrictions you can
work from anywhere in the world
in any case anytime you want to
um it's less expensive overall you're
not only saving cash
by not going to the office but you're
also saving money by not having to
purchase all those clothes
lunches happy hour drinks business
clothes
um freeware interruptions with your work
apparently
people are getting more and more in
shape because they're able to
work remotely all these things
but there are downsides
to remote work and there's one
particular downside i want to talk about
in particular
that could be very very bad
and maybe unintended with the way of the
way things are going there's probably
some unintended consequences that could
be catastrophic
to people that are very very pro remote
work and i'm typically
very very pro remote work i myself uh
many of you guys have been following the
channel for years
um i'm a cra i refuse to do a job where
i have to go back into the
office um you know my
i've worked for companies before where
you know they have a lot of in-office
activities even for cras and you know i
didn't like that
so much but
predominantly being a cra is on the road
in the field work from home that's
pretty much what it is
but there's some downsides i mean cras
don't really have to worry about this
but other people that aren't cras
will have to worry about this is you
know lack of visibility
for career development cras don't have
to worry about that
but for people want you know project
manager if you're trying to level up to
a vp
or a project director
you know not being visible in the office
matters again
cras it doesn't really matter because
you're going to get promoted regardless
but other people that visibility really
matters
and i know for other industries across
the board that visibility
matters immensely
um for some people you know you might
need the discipline of being in the
office to actually get your work done
not really the point the case for cras
because you know
you have to be able to work on your own
um
and that's the big that's a big that's a
big deal some people need that
um but other people you know not really
a huge deal
um other things people are talking about
i mean look guys
most people um
want to be remote work they want to work
remotely sorry that sounded weird
they want to work remotely most people
do i have a stat here they say more
companies are offering more remote
opportunities to ensure that employees
can have a work-life balance
with 74 percent of companies planning to
shift employees to remote work after the
pandemic ends permanently
um so look guys remote work is obviously
here to stay
and you know nothing's gonna happen
about that more and more people are
gonna be working remotely and work from
home and i'm all for that
but there is one intended consequence
that could be catastrophic
and that is
um one of the pros that's been listed is
there's no geographical restrictions
well if you're not working in the office
right you're not working in the office
all that a person needs all an employee
needs is an internet connection
and they can be anywhere in the world
and work
well what incentive is there for the
company to continue to hiring americans
to do the work these are people that
have to pay six figures
you know if you're in that job in a six
figure job multiple six figures
sometimes um or you know
much more they got to pay you know
health benefits all these type of
benefits
well what's the incentive for them not
hiring people in another country let's
say india
where they can pay people you know
two dollars an hour to work or malaysia
or the philippines to do the work
sure may not be as good but it's a tenth
of the cost
what's the incentive because these
people are working remotely anyway so
what what's the difference really
i just can pay people a lot less to
accomplish the same job
um you know the incentive before of not
doing that was obviously the camaraderie
the teamwork working inside a building
you know everyone's american
but if everyone is remote working
remotely and not together
there's that not that camaraderie people
aren't coming into the office it's not
easier to meet with people you still
have to do
um meetings over zoom and skype and
things of that nature
so what exactly is the incentive for
them not to
just say you know what everyone's
working remotely we'll just hire
overseas it'll be a lot cheaper we don't
have to pay benefits
um we don't have to pay all these perks
and things we don't have people
organizing strikes and all this stuff
we don't even have to worry about it
we'll just hire it all out
we'll outsource it what's the incentive
for them to not do that if everyone's
working remotely because they are just
like
you just in a different country and paid
way less
so we should probably consider or think
twice before we just you know up and up
go fully remote work i think a hybrid
model is probably better to
to kind of stem that transition but
think about it there could be a big
shift here and if everyone's working
remotely
a lot of people could be out of jobs
very very quickly especially if your job
is not
your job you don't necessarily need to
be in the states to do your job
cras luckily still need to be in the
states to do the job
but other jobs in-house cra you can make
phone calls from overseas you can
collect documents from overseas you can
do all these things
um and you don't need all you need is
internet
access and you don't even need phone you
can phone through internet now so
all you need is internet access you can
work from anywhere in the world which
also means they can pay anyone in the
world to do your job too
so now the hiring pool just got bigger
you just created
more competition for your job as well
nobody thought about that did they so
now when they're posting the job they
can hire from anywhere in the world
because it's all remote
rather than in the united states so guys
i mean
look i'm a big proponent of remote work
but there may be unintended consequences
here
what's the benefit for american
employers to keep hiring americans
if there's so much downside to hiring
americans you got to pay them more
you got to give them health care all
these benefits and things
what if they just paid less and didn't
have to worry about all those headaches
overseas somewhere what do you guys
think
is remote work here to stay is this am i
just blowing this out of proportion is
there really not a
downside to remote work what do you guys
think
email me elite clinical group gmail.com
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