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> I think we're seeing that an awful lot of work that people insisted had to be local can indeed be done effectively from remote. Where are we actually seeing

> I think we're seeing that an awful lot of work that people insisted had to be local can indeed be done effectively from remote. Where are we actually seeing a lot of this? Particularly for companies where they primarily sell hardware products such as Apple?

reaperducer 7y ago
Where are we actually seeing a lot of this? Anecdotally, yes. My company was staunchly against remote work or work-from-home of any kind. When I was hired, one of the first things they told me was, "We don't do remote. Don't ask." It's about 5,000 employees in maybe 20 cities around the country. When the virus started spreading, 95% of the workforce was working from home within eight business days. It was a massive mobilization by the IT department. Fortunately, they were already in the process of upgrading everyone's computer, so there were plenty of spares to go around.
- nomel 7y ago
  I think his question was more "where", as in software vs hardware. As a physical product company, you would have to find a way to interact with these physical products, remotely, assuming you couldn't take them home. Apple has a software division, but that software needs to work on future/prototype hardware.
threeseed 7y ago
Almost all remote work is at software companies understandably. But also often it is for the lower lever, just implement this pre-designed and pre-architected feature roles. Most of the decision making and design will get done face to face at the main office. This model seems to be the standard but it's also toxic and cruel. Even the most independent person will feel isolated and segregated from their peers and the decisions that others ultimately make. If you want remote to truly work it has to be the Gitlab model. Everyone is remote, every decision is transparent and all corporate knowledge is captured in a single, collaborative handbook.

reaperducer 7y ago

Where are we actually seeing a lot of this? Anecdotally, yes. My company was staunchly against remote work or work-from-home of any kind. When I was hired, one of the first things they told me was, "We don't do remote. Don't ask." It's about 5,000 employees in maybe 20 cities around the country. When the virus started spreading, 95% of the workforce was working from home within eight business days. It was a massive mobilization by the IT department. Fortunately, they were already in the process of upgrading everyone's computer, so there were plenty of spares to go around.

nomel 7y ago
I think his question was more "where", as in software vs hardware. As a physical product company, you would have to find a way to interact with these physical products, remotely, assuming you couldn't take them home. Apple has a software division, but that software needs to work on future/prototype hardware.

threeseed 7y ago

Almost all remote work is at software companies understandably. But also often it is for the lower lever, just implement this pre-designed and pre-architected feature roles. Most of the decision making and design will get done face to face at the main office. This model seems to be the standard but it's also toxic and cruel. Even the most independent person will feel isolated and segregated from their peers and the decisions that others ultimately make. If you want remote to truly work it has to be the Gitlab model. Everyone is remote, every decision is transparent and all corporate knowledge is captured in a single, collaborative handbook.