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That's just not gonna happen. I currently work remotely as a software engineer at a BigCo (not a tech company) and the company policy has consistently been to g

• Lammy 6y ago
  > not a tech company I think this may be the key. I work in-person in a Tech BigCo main office, and emails/chat/posts/pings are already a constant on any night or weekend. I don't know how it would be possible to avoid when we work with teams on every continent — some external so their working hours are non-negotiable. It's cool if you can be a good enough performer to disconnect at 5PM and never contribute to the problem by reading or responding. Some people have to—or think they have to—do that show of "putting in extra effort" to make it by their next performance review.
• nathanlied 6y ago
  And even if someone consistently cannot separate work from home life - 'traditional' employment will not vanish. Many companies will have zero WFH (or very little), while others will have a gradient between full-office worker and full-WFH. I'm a "WFH Apologist", really, but I'll readily admit it's not for everyone. Many people genuinely like in-person socialisation at the office, others can't separate 'work' from 'home life', and we could go on forever on potential issues. Which is why no one will ever see me advocate for all tech companies to go as remote as possible normally - that would exclude a pretty wide pool of potential candidates.