Remote Work: What’s It Worth to You?

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Roughly how much less pay are U.S. tech workers willing to accept in return for partly or fully remote work?

Not a penny. We’re more productive working remotely.

5%. Just so management thinks we’re flexible.

10%. Nobody wants to commute again.

25%. But don’t tell my boss that.

Read on: That’s three to five times the pay discount prior studies estimated and suggests that employers have only begun to leverage WFH as a valued benefit.

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While we’re on the topic of remote work, are WFH-obliging companies more, less or equally likely, compared with in-office sticklers, to replace their workers using artificial intelligence?

More likely.

No difference.

Less likely.

Read on: Sorry. But the systems and management talent WFH-centric companies put in place also give them a leg up on adopting AI.

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Shoe salesperson to customer: “We don’t have your size in that style, but we have it one-half size smaller or larger.” What percentage of customers accept the adjacent size?

0%. We’re a nation of sticklers.

10%.

25%.

50%. Style first!

Read on: Taking that shoe buying flexibility into account, retailers could cut inventory by 15% to 35%, which would boost profits.

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You’re a big company and you adopt the latest AI technologies to streamline your operations. Your suppliers are not so cutting edge.

That effectively negates your investment — your newly state-of-the-art factories will be twiddling their thumbs waiting for laggard suppliers to catch up.

Surprisingly, even if your suppliers don’t adopt AI, the systems you’re putting in place will help them be more efficient and serve you better. Win-win!

Read on: Suppliers benefit from their customers’ AI deployments, which improves coordination between them. With AI, a manufacturer can develop better short- and long-range demand forecasts and identify subtle seasonal and other patterns in order flow.

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You’re advertising a product for sale and will use a human face or faces to illustrate the ad. Do you want to cater to race and gender stereotype perceptions — an Asian man in an ad for software; a hockey team made up entirely of white men — or defy them?

A. It doesn’t matter as long as the models are good-looking.

B. Stereotypes offend everyone. Avoid them.

C. Stereotypes seem to comfort political conservatives.

D. Images that defy stereotypes — a black female in software, say —seem to comfort liberals.

E. C and D, so choose your poison.

Read on: These opposing biases would also influence hiring decisions, the research finds.