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Dropbox is too[1] and what I like about this is that their main motive (I think, based on the kind of person I’ve seen Drew being) isn’t just not their employee

Dropbox is too[1] and what I like about this is that their main motive (I think, based on the kind of person I’ve seen Drew being) isn’t just not their employees getting sick, or it spreading inside Dropbox, but also to make their tiny contribution to it spreading less in the world in general. And in the article it mentions it’s only in Seattle that these other companies are instituting work from home, and it seems like it’s only because some of their employees are already infected! If everyone in the world that could would just work from home for a while and limit physical contact, then the trajectory of the spread would be much different and maybe we could nip it in the bud. [1] https://twitter.com/drewhouston/status/1235747829307437056?s=21 https://twitter.com/drewhouston/status/1235747829307437056?s...

rurounijones 7y ago
I work in a Japanese office of one of these companies and we have been able to work from home since January due to COVID-19 based on our own risk assessment, with advisories being sent via internal email. So this article is wrong/misleading at least in that respect, probably because if is focused on the US.
jb3689 7y ago
I think for most companies the idea is they don't want entire teams getting sick (or worse) at the same time. It's nice to think there's a larger motive at play here, but I strongly believe self-interest is the primary factor. I also wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this is just SV monoculture at play (you'd hate to be the company that didn't do it and paid the price even if it was just bad press)
hrez 7y ago
Coronavirus: Facebook tells most Bay Area employees to work from home https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Coronavirus-Facebook-tells-most-Bay-Area-15110818.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Coronavirus-Fac...

rurounijones 7y ago

I work in a Japanese office of one of these companies and we have been able to work from home since January due to COVID-19 based on our own risk assessment, with advisories being sent via internal email. So this article is wrong/misleading at least in that respect, probably because if is focused on the US.

jb3689 7y ago

I think for most companies the idea is they don't want entire teams getting sick (or worse) at the same time. It's nice to think there's a larger motive at play here, but I strongly believe self-interest is the primary factor. I also wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this is just SV monoculture at play (you'd hate to be the company that didn't do it and paid the price even if it was just bad press)

hrez 7y ago

Coronavirus: Facebook tells most Bay Area employees to work from home https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Coronavirus-Facebook-tells-most-Bay-Area-15110818.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Coronavirus-Fac...