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I am guessing many didn’t want to be an early mover on such a paradigm shift.

ghaff 6y ago
Yeah, it's not even unreasonable that many companies were resistant to conduct a disruptive experiment on their own volition.
- _qulr 6y ago
  Apple Park cost $5 billion and took over a decade to design a build. I'd call that a lot more disruptive than experimenting with WFH.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    Building a new campus on the site of an existing tech company campus in the same city you're already located doesn't seem like a particularly risky experiment even if it cost a bunch of money.
    - _qulr 6y ago
      What is risk, besides time and money?
      - ghaff 6y ago
        Disrupting the business. Which at some level translates into time and money I guess but it seems different from "We handed over a bunch of money for something that it turns out we maybe didn't need." (Though Apple has tons of leased real estate in the Bay Area so I'm pretty sure they'll continue to find plenty of use for the campus.)
        _qulr 6y ago
        I don't think they just handed over money though. It was said that Apple Park was a singular focus of Jony Ive. It's difficult to find something more disruptive to Apple than taking away their head of design from the focusing on customer products.
- JSavageOne 6y ago
  The whole point is that it wasn't disruptive and even turned out better. Also it's not merely an "experiment", we're talking about peoples' lives here. People aren't just fungible resources to be commanded and lorded over like chattel. Workers have been fighting for the freedom to work remotely for decades now, and it's sad that it takes a pandemic for employers to start respecting their employees enough to allow them the basic freedom of not being chained to their open office desks like zoo animals.
  - ThrowawayR2 6y ago
    > "The whole point is that it wasn't disruptive and even turned out better." Turned out better for you, maybe, but not for everyone. There are plenty of people here on HN, including myself, who have said that they want to go back to the office, either full time or part time.

Yeah, it's not even unreasonable that many companies were resistant to conduct a disruptive experiment on their own volition.

_qulr 6y ago
Apple Park cost $5 billion and took over a decade to design a build. I'd call that a lot more disruptive than experimenting with WFH.
- ghaff 6y ago
  Building a new campus on the site of an existing tech company campus in the same city you're already located doesn't seem like a particularly risky experiment even if it cost a bunch of money.
  - _qulr 6y ago
    What is risk, besides time and money?
    - ghaff 6y ago
      Disrupting the business. Which at some level translates into time and money I guess but it seems different from "We handed over a bunch of money for something that it turns out we maybe didn't need." (Though Apple has tons of leased real estate in the Bay Area so I'm pretty sure they'll continue to find plenty of use for the campus.)
      - _qulr 6y ago
        I don't think they just handed over money though. It was said that Apple Park was a singular focus of Jony Ive. It's difficult to find something more disruptive to Apple than taking away their head of design from the focusing on customer products.
JSavageOne 6y ago
The whole point is that it wasn't disruptive and even turned out better. Also it's not merely an "experiment", we're talking about peoples' lives here. People aren't just fungible resources to be commanded and lorded over like chattel. Workers have been fighting for the freedom to work remotely for decades now, and it's sad that it takes a pandemic for employers to start respecting their employees enough to allow them the basic freedom of not being chained to their open office desks like zoo animals.
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago
  > "The whole point is that it wasn't disruptive and even turned out better." Turned out better for you, maybe, but not for everyone. There are plenty of people here on HN, including myself, who have said that they want to go back to the office, either full time or part time.