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Something I realized is that I am not seeing Managers, Directors, and VPs moving. Could be age / career related - VPs of big companies are usually experienced
by inerte 6y ago
Something I realized is that I am not seeing Managers, Directors, and VPs moving.
Could be age / career related - VPs of big companies are usually experienced professionals, so they have strong(er) roots in the Bay Area, with kids in school.
But the number of management moving out is ZERO - at least anecdotally. Once we're allowed to go back to the office and they all go, how long until tech leads and architects also follow? Then "interns and junior employees should be at the office so it's easier to mentor", and then remote becomes something mid-level and seniors-who-plateaued or a CLM position. Which is fine, if you know the tradeoffs...
- someguydave 6y agoSuch high ranking people whose employment proposition rests on their people skills have the most to lose with any kind of managerial innovation.
- pbuzbee 6y agoI've noticed this as well. If upper management isn't interested in working remote, it's going to be a struggle for ICs to get large companies to embrace it long-term. I see the acceptance of remote work by large companies as something that's going to decay post-COVID until we're back to where we were before.