Dan Jones @[email protected]

Husband, Father, Software Engineer (PHP, go, etc.). Lover of Star Trek and anime.

Looking for other things to do, such as writing, acting, voice acting, but not really finding the time for it. Maybe when my kids are a little older, I'll get back on stage.

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I saw the pilot for the new Australian The Office series, and it was interesting.

In the UK/US versions, the series starts with corporate announcing layoffs (bad) and David/Michael trying to save the branch (good). In this version, corporate announces they're going fully remote, which the workers obviously like, but the boss, Hannah, doesn't like this, so tries to keep her branch in office, because she genuinely enjoys being with her employees. But, to satisfy corporate, her branch has to meet certain sales goals to justify the expense of the office. Once the employees figure this out, they figure they can just do their jobs poorly so that they can get to work from home.

We didn't see much of the other characters, to be honest. The main ones are there: the overzealous Assistant to the Manager, the sales guy who plays pranks on her, the receptionist who's slightly flirty with him, the HR guy whom the boss can't stand.

The dynamics are there to make this a good adaptation. I'm a bit disappointed they followed the common formula nowadays of an entire, very short, season dropping all at once. But I'm excited to see how it plays out.

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