The weird freelancer, who used to take 3 exotic vacations a year, is suddenly gone for months at a time but still shows up every day in the company Slack channel.

How ironic: telecommuting, once a tool that reduced carbon emissions by eliminating the home-to-work commute, now sends those emissions flying as the weird freelancer and the masses are encouraged to fly anywhere, anytime (allowing them to work from those beautiful island nations while they bury them beneath the rising seas).