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Right? If these companies could stop being so reliant on in person meetings they could save money on office space and just pay me more for being remote where I

Right? If these companies could stop being so reliant on in person meetings they could save money on office space and just pay me more for being remote where I want to live.

momokoko 7y ago
If those companies didn't need people on-site, the jobs would, and typically do, go overseas to lower-wage countries. There are tons of companies using remote work. It's called outsourcing.
- munk-a 7y ago
  There are plenty of remote employment opportunities that are stable career paths. So I don't think it's fair to say that as soon as remote work is a possibility the job will be sent overseas. I think the early 2000s burned a lot of companies for trying to cheap out on dev costs by offshoring - offshoring is a valid choice in some situations and will probably become more and more competitive as time goes on... but there still is quite a lot of value in hiring out of the four year uni grad pool.
- thebean11 7y ago
  You think the only barrier to outsourcing white collar work is the physical location of workers?
hellisothers 7y ago
The companies are also signaling that they find random in person collaboration more valuable than heads down efficiency. I imagine there is a correlation between novel/interesting ideas that generate new revenue and being immersed in an environment of peers that you collaborate/chat with.
- sl1ck731 7y ago
  Anecdotally I would imagine the opposite. I am not going to innovate for you after even a 20 or 30 minute commute and all the in-office interruptions and ceremony. After 5 I'm out the door and the lights upstairs are off. I'm not responding to emails or picking up my phone. However remotely I am basically never off. A common thing that comes up with remote work is you have a hard time just turning off, but I don't mind as I'm not mentally exhausted by interruptions and can actually enjoy the work I'm doing. But I'm sure its a person to person thing, type of environment, industry, etc.

Right? If these companies could stop being so reliant on in person meetings they could save money on office space and just pay me more for being remote where I want to live.

momokoko 7y ago

If those companies didn't need people on-site, the jobs would, and typically do, go overseas to lower-wage countries. There are tons of companies using remote work. It's called outsourcing.

munk-a 7y ago
There are plenty of remote employment opportunities that are stable career paths. So I don't think it's fair to say that as soon as remote work is a possibility the job will be sent overseas. I think the early 2000s burned a lot of companies for trying to cheap out on dev costs by offshoring - offshoring is a valid choice in some situations and will probably become more and more competitive as time goes on... but there still is quite a lot of value in hiring out of the four year uni grad pool.
thebean11 7y ago
You think the only barrier to outsourcing white collar work is the physical location of workers?

hellisothers 7y ago

The companies are also signaling that they find random in person collaboration more valuable than heads down efficiency. I imagine there is a correlation between novel/interesting ideas that generate new revenue and being immersed in an environment of peers that you collaborate/chat with.

sl1ck731 7y ago
Anecdotally I would imagine the opposite. I am not going to innovate for you after even a 20 or 30 minute commute and all the in-office interruptions and ceremony. After 5 I'm out the door and the lights upstairs are off. I'm not responding to emails or picking up my phone. However remotely I am basically never off. A common thing that comes up with remote work is you have a hard time just turning off, but I don't mind as I'm not mentally exhausted by interruptions and can actually enjoy the work I'm doing. But I'm sure its a person to person thing, type of environment, industry, etc.