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Is it true that 40% of French people cannot telecommute?

2020-10-29T17:56:48.239Z


VERIFICATION - The assertion of the Minister of Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, encourages us to look at the statistics. Between the two confinements, has the data changed?


THE QUESTION.

It follows the assertion of the Minister of Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.

On Thursday, he said on television that 40% of French people cannot telecommute.

At the same time, he said remote working would be

"generalized, encouraged and organized"

.

These indications show to what extent politicians lack benchmarks: on the one hand, they are well aware that distance is an effective way to fight the pandemic: on the other hand, they are also aware that physical distancing often harms to the efficiency of economic life.

Regularly questioned by

Le Figaro

, managers explain that high-dose teleworking prevents them from spotting weak signals in the company.

They cite as an example virtual meetings where the interventions and reactions of people are much less authentic than in "

real life

".

Read also: Five misconceptions about teleworking

Jean-Baptiste Djebbari cannot count on his colleagues to confirm his

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Source: lefigaro

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