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Evidence of Work

May 20th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips In our brave new world of remote working and such, one thing remains: evidence of work. A: What are you doing? B: Working. A: What have you done? B: I read three books and six papers as assigned. A: Uh, why should I believe that? There is no evidence of work. All […]

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Tags: Adapting · Appearances · Remote Work · Review · Work

Remote Sensing Is Still Difficult

April 8th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We have yet more examples showing how remote sensing is difficult. One day, we learn this well enough to anticipate it? There have been several unmanned craft land on the moon recently. That is a great accomplishment to send something to the moon and have it land soft enough to still function. […]

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Tags: Adapting · Competence · Computing · Engineering · Learning · Remote Work · Risk · Technology

Work From Home, Work at the Office (And Commute)

January 4th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips There are many aspects to working from home or at the office. One is simply the time wasted commuting. Folks are returning to the office after the pandemic. They are? Are they saying they are, but not really? One simple aspect of the question is commuting. I live in he Virginia suburbs […]

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Tags: Accountability · America · Economics · Employment · Meaning · Measure · Remote Work · Work

Two Essentials for Employees

November 20th, 2023 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips There are two essentials for an employee. Given the job market, it appears that the great majority of employers don’t understand these essentials. I have been on both sides of the hiring and being hired world. I find two and only two essentials: Okay, that’s it. Next? The trouble is, it is […]

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Tags: Ethics · Jobs · Judgment · Multitasking · Remote Work · Testing · Work

What Work?

October 13th, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips A recent major survey shows that managers and the managed disagree on what work is and isn’t. Microsoft recently surveyed 20,000 persons across 11 countries about work. The result: 87% of the managed felt they worked as, or more, efficiently from home 80% of managers felt that at-home workers weren’t working Here […]

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Tags: Alternatives · Employment · Leadership · Management · Remote Work · Work

WDYLT?

October 3rd, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips A new acronym for each day: what did you learn today? I have read about a new trend called “quiet quitting” in which persons earn their paycheck (a necessary component) and do not more. They are not climbing the ladder or whatever we call is these days. They work hard and then […]

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Tags: Learning · Remote Work · Work · Writing

Working in the Cloud, in 1990

August 29th, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Back in 1990, I was part of this cloud computing and remote work—in a manner of speaking. Cloud computing has enabled remote work—as we know it today. I guess the last five words are the key—as we know it today. Some of us have done this type of work for decades. Back […]

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Tags: Cloud Computing · Remote Work · Work · Writing

Caution: Piece Purchase

August 22nd, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I only want to pay for what I use. Caution. While that sounds fine at first, there are implications. Technology has enabled us to go in that perilous direction. I only want to pay for what I use. I have this cable TV package (Yes, I am one of those old folks […]

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Tags: Agreement · Choose · Customer · Economics · Remote Work · Work

Caution: Piece Work

August 11th, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips When my work is done, my day is done. That is what I want. Really? Caution. That leads down a perilous path. I work from home most of the time. This pandemic and such and other factors mean that I don’t have an office in the building. I can go to the […]

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Tags: Accountability · Choose · Remote Work · Work

The Great Transition (Chaos)

June 20th, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips A part of the Great Resignation and Great Embarrassment is the Great Transition. We are in this period of time now. We think we know the end state, but things sure are chaotic now with many unforeseen and unwanted events. We had the Great Resignation. That is still in progress. The pandemic […]

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Tags: Change · Chaos · Expectations · Jobs · Remote Work