Work From Home Jobs Are Green Jobs
There's plenty of jobs out there - and that's not going to change within the next couple of decades. We've known the worker crunch was going to hit since the late 80s, when trends of an aging population and fewer children to replace those aging workers first became apparent.
If you're low vision, there's green to be made filling those jobs. And WFH (Work From Home) is now seen as normal since the pandemic.
Cutting out the daily commute benefits the environment, since it reduces traffic and pollution. It also saves the $$$ involved in travelling.
We've already proven that most office jobs can be done as well or better by working remotely, and some businesses have decided to stay mostly or completely remote. The incentives for businesses are decreased real estate costs, including not just office space rental, utilities and services such as electricity, air conditioning, cleaning, parking lot maintenance, and office security, which can all be cut back.
For low vision users, the money you save from not having to commute can go towards building the ideal home office setup. It also allows for flexibility in where you live. Don't like the neighbourhood but you're living there because it's close to work? Now you can move.
Higher Job Mobility
With the perma-shortage of workers, job mobility is no longer limited to those with the most in-demand skills. It used to be that most workers were part of "the precariate" - worried about the precariousness of their jobs, downsizing, "right-sizing", off-shoring, and having to compete in an economy where for 40 years there were more workers than jobs.
Those days are gone, probably for good.
1. Are you available, even part-time, to start?
2. Can you do sufficient aspects of the job that it's worth the time to train them for those areas they need help with?
In other words, workers are now again being seen as real assets, not just fungible and easily exchangeable drones.
Accommodating vision loss is not an unspoken deal-breaker any more.
And it's not just people with low vision - many people who are working from home are using big screen TVs in their home office. You might not know someone who is doing this, but you probably know someone who knows somone ...
Why not ask around to see if you can try it out? It's literally only a few seconds work to change the scaling on a display.