Posting a capture of this, because it's such an incredible misfire on the idea of remote work from

Posting a capture of this, because it's such an incredible misfire on the idea of remote work from Microsoft and their GetItDone campaign that I hope they will take it down eventually.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/nov13/11-06getitdone.aspx for context on Microsoft's pitch for what somebody on Twitter called the "work/work/work balance."

[edit] and for the personal anecdote side, Mrs. Geek's reaction to this was "Hospitalized workers can still be productive workers." She's still cranky about that boss who wanted her to bring my work laptop into the hospital so I could get some work done while recovering from my suicide attempt. Yeah. That was not my favorite job.