Is work from home the death of the bullshit job?

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Various narratives supporting and opposing the concept of working from home continue to propagate amidst the ongoing debate surrounding its benefits and politics.

One of the most widely held ideas is that any job that can be done full-time, working from home, can also be done by a remote worker in another part of the world, with India frequently cited as an example.

Purely at face value, there have been moves in that direction in recent months, with the Daily Mail reporting last month that:

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Tarric is an Australian freelance journalist and independent analyst who covers economics, finance, and geopolitics. Tarric is the author of the Avid Commentator Report. His works have appeared in The Washington DC Examiner, The Spectator, The Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au, among other places.