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This is standard stuff for a growing company. Right down to the disillusionment of the rank and file. I'm curious if anyone in the HN community has worked for a

This is standard stuff for a growing company. Right down to the disillusionment of the rank and file. I'm curious if anyone in the HN community has worked for a > 500 person company with a flat structure. What a lot of commenters seemed to miss is that the remote work policy applies exclusively to senior managers. Senior managers are no longer allowed to live afar and must report to the office. These are the people that are usually on a separate bonus plan and receive an order of magnitude more stock options. It seems totally reasonable that they should have to come into the office.

officialchicken 11y ago
How does a GPS fence lead to better management/leadership? Until you realize their whole reason for github existing (and why Linus wrote git in the first place) is to support product development for large remote/distributed/non-centralized teams or projects. It just happens to also work identically for very small teams/projects too.
- ryanackley 11y ago
  I wasn't commenting on the effectiveness of remote work. My point was that it's reasonable to ask more from senior management. I'm sensing righteous indignation in your comment and a lot of the other comments. It's missplaced. Remote vs. in-office work is not a right vs. wrong battle. I work 100% remotely and sometimes I wish I was in the office. Every company, employee, situation, etc. is different. It should be up to Github and its employees to decide what is right for their particular situation.
mcguire 11y ago
HN seems to have a white-male persecution complex. No one here is talking about the interesting parts of the story: "10 or more executives have departed in recent months." "In addition to previously reported executive departures, Business Insider has learned that Ryan Day, VP of business development; Adam Zimman, senior director of technology partnerships; and Scott Buxton, controller, have all left in the last six months." "Out with flat org structure based purely on meritocracy, in with supervisors and middle managers. This has ticked off many people in the old guard." "...key technical people from the old days like CTO Ted Nyman and third cofounder PJ Hyett are mostly absent from the office and not contributing much technically." Github is very likely going to be a different company by the end of the year. The question is, is that going to be good or bad for its current leadership position? I'm a pessimist: I'll go with bad.
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- sportanova 11y ago
  The most interesting part for me is that the CEO talks to 2 of his VC's every day

officialchicken 11y ago

How does a GPS fence lead to better management/leadership? Until you realize their whole reason for github existing (and why Linus wrote git in the first place) is to support product development for large remote/distributed/non-centralized teams or projects. It just happens to also work identically for very small teams/projects too.

ryanackley 11y ago
I wasn't commenting on the effectiveness of remote work. My point was that it's reasonable to ask more from senior management. I'm sensing righteous indignation in your comment and a lot of the other comments. It's missplaced. Remote vs. in-office work is not a right vs. wrong battle. I work 100% remotely and sometimes I wish I was in the office. Every company, employee, situation, etc. is different. It should be up to Github and its employees to decide what is right for their particular situation.

mcguire 11y ago

HN seems to have a white-male persecution complex. No one here is talking about the interesting parts of the story: "10 or more executives have departed in recent months." "In addition to previously reported executive departures, Business Insider has learned that Ryan Day, VP of business development; Adam Zimman, senior director of technology partnerships; and Scott Buxton, controller, have all left in the last six months." "Out with flat org structure based purely on meritocracy, in with supervisors and middle managers. This has ticked off many people in the old guard." "...key technical people from the old days like CTO Ted Nyman and third cofounder PJ Hyett are mostly absent from the office and not contributing much technically." Github is very likely going to be a different company by the end of the year. The question is, is that going to be good or bad for its current leadership position? I'm a pessimist: I'll go with bad.

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sportanova 11y ago
The most interesting part for me is that the CEO talks to 2 of his VC's every day