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> I think its a bit presumptuous that tech workers are perm leaving the city. The survey in OP suggests that they are, with two important caveats: * This is o
by badfrog 6y ago
> I think its a bit presumptuous that tech workers are perm leaving the city.
The survey in OP suggests that they are, with two important caveats:
* This is obviously not even close to a representative sample of workers
* It's predicated on "if you had a choice", and we don't know how many people will actually have that choice
- misun78 6y agoThis article doesn’t provide a baseline to compare the latest survey against? What percent of tech workers were already on the fence with regards to moving out before the pandemic hit?
- base698 6y agoAnecdotal but: 6 of my 9 direct reports have asked about permenantly relocating.
- vanadium 6y agoMyself and half my team are looking at permanently relocating out of Chicago. The pattern holds across other teams where I work. Others I know in the industry are just up and leaving for remote-first companies and then moving to where they’re most comfortable.
- marcosdumay 6y agoThe most important caveat is that "they plan to". People fail to do all kinds of things that they plan to.