From materialfluss 6/2020
Intra Logistik: Do you already have a Lieferando flat rate?
If you want to take something positive away from the corona pandemic, there are two things: people have at least got a vague idea of what digitalization can mean, and almost everyone has experienced that working from home is not another term for vacation. Modern employers have learned to trust their employees. And the good employees have understood that they are better off tidying up their cellar in their free time and that childcare should not be at the expense of working hours - which has often shown what dedicated organizational talent many companies employ.
Working from home really isn't just about the pleasure of saving time traveling to work, no longer having to wash and shave and setting up a flat-rate delivery service. Working from home also often means extra work, a guilty conscience that the dining table is no longer there for dinner, that everyone can see in the video conference whether you were able to afford Pax or just Kleppstad, and that you sincerely hope that your child doesn't stumble into the picture with their sister's math homework in their Bob the Builder nap. There are said to be parents who begged their bosses to quarantine them in the office for 14 days during the coronavirus pandemic.
The only person who doesn't seem to have understood the principle of working from home is Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil, who is raising his left fist and right index finger and calling for the "right to work from home". How is that supposed to work - with equal rights for all? Does the Zalando warehouse worker pick orders virtually from home on Wednesdays just because his wife is on Zoom? Do forklift drivers take their work equipment home with them on Thursday evenings? Or the parcel driver? Does he set up a packing station in his home on Tuesdays? And what happens if the employee would rather be in the office all week - but the boss demands his right?
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