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I don't know, but I think it's reasonable to assume that their primary concern is productivity, and that at a company like Google, that concern will be analyzed
by darawk 6y ago
I don't know, but I think it's reasonable to assume that their primary concern is productivity, and that at a company like Google, that concern will be analyzed in a data driven way. Perhaps they don't want to insult their developers by implying their productivity dipped, or something.
- eertami 6y agoGoogle doesn't make decisions based on data. Google makes decisions based on what gets someone a promotion.
- darawk 6y agoWhat's the logic here? Why would the executive who made this decision get a promotion for this?
- nojito 6y agoNonsense. You don't get promoted for what you did. You get promoted for what you will do. Everyone who has made it up the ladder knows this and it's the single aspect that differentiates people who routinely get overlooked for promotions from the individuals who steadily rise through the ranks
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- yellowapple 6y agoGoogle doesn't strike me as the kind of place that'd care about whether or not its developers feel insulted.
- raducu 6y agoNo, no, their primary concern is their own interest. A lot of politics gets much harder in remote work, and this is what these people are best at. It's not productivity, it's politics that is much harder to do when remote working.
- darawk 6y agoYou think that executives are forcing developers to come into the office so that they can play politics with their subordinates?
- TeMPOraL 6y agoThey don't play politics with their subordinates, they play politics with their peers and their superiors. Developers are "human resources" - resources are there to be exploited, not catered for.
- darawk 6y agoThat's my point, hence the parent's explanation doesn't make sense.
- raducu 6y agoThey mostly play politics with their peers, they need on site presence for that. They also need to keep an eye on developers and need to feel thigs out, the relationship, their management status known and so forth. That's very hard to do remotely and they feel their status diminished to that of the "resources" they manage.
- muxator 6y agoProbably yes
- TigeriusKirk 6y agoYes.
- layoutIfNeeded 6y agoYes.
- adwn 6y ago> I think it's reasonable to assume that their primary concern is productivity, and that at a company like Google, that concern will be analyzed in a data driven way That assumption has been thoroughly refuted by Google's reaction to James Damore's internal memo.