Observing the societal and technological changes within the workforce over the past few decades has been quite interesting. Global arbitrage (i.e. offshore your labor...or import the turd world) has become a pillar of our economy, like it or not. Insatiable corporate greed in action.....

The lockdowns exacerbated the sedentary expectations of the native labor pool. An object at rest tends to stay that way.....and they have.

Work from home seemed to strike a bit of balance....at least initially. Now that the dust has settled.....Punjab from India or Gloria from the Philippines will happily answer the phone, reboot your computer, etc. For 10-20 bucks a day. Not an hour.....a day.

And Juan and Julio from Guatemala will dig those ditches, drive the truck or pack the meat. Under the table while collecting welfare, living with 3 other families in subsidized housing. Think about them wages.....

So, those good jobs with pajamas as a dress code are going away.......fast. I've spent a lot of time doing remote work. What it proved to me was that I could accomplish as much in a few hours as I could working all day long at the office (full of useless meetings, mindless chatter, etc.) on top of wasting a couple hours each day commuting. But I was in sales, with hard, actual numbers to make. Success or failure was easy to determine. Very few can handle real remote work, most will be tempted by the couch and social media. The maturity simply isn't there. Several of my colleagues got pinched for being lazy. I've read where companies can tell if a remote worker is using fake mouse-clickers that appear to show employees working. And fired them. If you have one such job....I would squirrel away some nuts as winter is coming. It's inexorable. Enjoy it while it lasts.

So have fun trying to be an influencer, digital nomad, or whatever you think will protect you from doing actual labor that the market demands. While you still can.