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Lol no need to look all the way at Europe even. In the US not a single one of the big techs hires remotely still, and this I believe is a big barrier to the spr

Lol no need to look all the way at Europe even. In the US not a single one of the big techs hires remotely still, and this I believe is a big barrier to the spread of remote hiring (“if google doesn’t hire remote, there must be some good reason - so we’re not gonna do it either!”)

ddffre 7y ago
There is a small company named 'Elasticsearch' were most of the workers are remote workers since I don't think they even have offices.
- jakear 7y ago
  GitLab is also known for being all-remote.
  - dsumenkovic 7y ago
    That's true! Here's some more info about it https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/ https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/
malvosenior 7y ago
Microsoft hires remote. GitHub is mostly remote. I’ve seen remote Apple employees as well. FB and Google don’t do it though, they want you in their hyper infantilized offices (unlimited free ice cream?).
- randall 7y ago
  Not entirely accurate. You just have to be an exception to the rule. I'm aware of remote FB employees. They aren't posting remote jobs for sure though. Having worked most of my career remote and now working in Menlo Park... I prefer working in an office by default but with no rule about it... which is my current work situation. I have a desk, and co-workers, but sometimes work remotely, in other offices, weird hours, etc. Ymmv, but I think if you're in the right role, big company employers can make exceptions.
jkaplowitz 7y ago
Some parts of Microsoft are remote-friendly, though indeed not most.
the_watcher 7y ago
Stripe has a remote engineering hub: https://stripe.com/blog/remote-hub https://stripe.com/blog/remote-hub
schwank 7y ago
I work for a major cloud provider and I'm remote as is the majority of my team nationally. Teams are often distributed and even if I went to the local office there is nobody from related business units to talk to.

ddffre 7y ago

There is a small company named 'Elasticsearch' were most of the workers are remote workers since I don't think they even have offices.

jakear 7y ago
GitLab is also known for being all-remote.
- dsumenkovic 7y ago
  That's true! Here's some more info about it https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/ https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/

malvosenior 7y ago

Microsoft hires remote. GitHub is mostly remote. I’ve seen remote Apple employees as well. FB and Google don’t do it though, they want you in their hyper infantilized offices (unlimited free ice cream?).

randall 7y ago
Not entirely accurate. You just have to be an exception to the rule. I'm aware of remote FB employees. They aren't posting remote jobs for sure though. Having worked most of my career remote and now working in Menlo Park... I prefer working in an office by default but with no rule about it... which is my current work situation. I have a desk, and co-workers, but sometimes work remotely, in other offices, weird hours, etc. Ymmv, but I think if you're in the right role, big company employers can make exceptions.

jkaplowitz 7y ago

Some parts of Microsoft are remote-friendly, though indeed not most.

the_watcher 7y ago

Stripe has a remote engineering hub: https://stripe.com/blog/remote-hub https://stripe.com/blog/remote-hub

schwank 7y ago

I work for a major cloud provider and I'm remote as is the majority of my team nationally. Teams are often distributed and even if I went to the local office there is nobody from related business units to talk to.