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It’s amazing to me that Apple’s refusal to support remote work has caused them to be caught flat-footed here. I doubt they considered the need to be remote frie

It’s amazing to me that Apple’s refusal to support remote work has caused them to be caught flat-footed here. I doubt they considered the need to be remote friendly as a contingency plan in case of a disaster, but here we are. Hopefully more companies can be more open-minded in the future; to avoid doing so could be very risky to their business.

marcinzm 7y ago
Which is rather short sighted of them or at least whomever came up with their business continuity plans. Pandemic and other regional disasters should be at least covered.
hinkley 7y ago
They just built a giant spaceship to try to get everybody in the same building, didn't they?
- saagarjha 7y ago
  Not everyone; there's still a couple dozen other offices scattered around the Bay Area.
- Redoubts 7y ago
  Honestly that building was oversubscribed the year they broke ground. Apple probably has half the office space in Cupertino.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    > Apple probably has half the office space in Cupertino. Almost three quarters, as of a couple years ago.
    - Bahamut 7y ago
      85% as of a couple of years ago.
- summerlight 7y ago
  Its capacity is something around 25k-ish, which is nowhere close to Apple's entire workforce. In fact, Apple owns tens (if not hundreds) of offices across Cupertino, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale; you can see a blue Apple logo everywhere.
  - thelopa 7y ago
    IIRC, the logo you see outside buildings is a random color from a set of 5 or so. They match the Apple logo colors they use on the employee badges, which are also assigned randomly.
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      I think they were supposed to match the iMac colors that replaced Bondi Blue. (Many of the buildings are blue, though.)
chrisseaton 7y ago
> I doubt they considered the need to be remote friendly as a contingency plan in case of a disaster I seriously doubt they didn't consider it. People don't seem to realise - global pandemic was already at the top of many national risk assessments. Nobody working in national or corporate risk or disaster management didn't already know it was the single biggest risk.

marcinzm 7y ago

Which is rather short sighted of them or at least whomever came up with their business continuity plans. Pandemic and other regional disasters should be at least covered.

hinkley 7y ago

They just built a giant spaceship to try to get everybody in the same building, didn't they?

saagarjha 7y ago
Not everyone; there's still a couple dozen other offices scattered around the Bay Area.
Redoubts 7y ago
Honestly that building was oversubscribed the year they broke ground. Apple probably has half the office space in Cupertino.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  > Apple probably has half the office space in Cupertino. Almost three quarters, as of a couple years ago.
  - Bahamut 7y ago
    85% as of a couple of years ago.
summerlight 7y ago
Its capacity is something around 25k-ish, which is nowhere close to Apple's entire workforce. In fact, Apple owns tens (if not hundreds) of offices across Cupertino, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale; you can see a blue Apple logo everywhere.
- thelopa 7y ago
  IIRC, the logo you see outside buildings is a random color from a set of 5 or so. They match the Apple logo colors they use on the employee badges, which are also assigned randomly.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    I think they were supposed to match the iMac colors that replaced Bondi Blue. (Many of the buildings are blue, though.)

chrisseaton 7y ago

> I doubt they considered the need to be remote friendly as a contingency plan in case of a disaster I seriously doubt they didn't consider it. People don't seem to realise - global pandemic was already at the top of many national risk assessments. Nobody working in national or corporate risk or disaster management didn't already know it was the single biggest risk.