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I've been working remotely for about five years, now, and I love it. I've always been curious about working at Twitter and Google, and I was vaguely hoping tha

I've been working remotely for about five years, now, and I love it. I've always been curious about working at Twitter and Google, and I was vaguely hoping that they'd start looking at full-time remote hires across their engineering orgs. I value remote work more than I do the possibility of working at Twitter or Google, so it is a little wistfully that I realize I might never follow up on that curiosity.

Benjammer 5y ago
I know for a fact that at least some teams at Google are hiring for full-time remote right now.
fruzz 5y ago
I think you're right, but I don't think this organizational discomfort with remote work will be true of the next batch of hip companies to work at. So you may yet get your chance. :)
bern4444 5y ago
Twitter allows for full time remote. They were one of the first companies to announce it with COVID [0] [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter-work-from-home/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter...
- allochthon 5y ago
  I was trying to make sense of these lines from the article. I probably misunderstood. > Twitter has said that it expects a majority of its staff to spend some time working remotely and some time in the office. That's despite its boss Jack Dorsey initially saying that employees could work from home "forever". > And Google rejigged its timetable for bringing people back to the workplace. As of 1 September, employees wishing to work from home for more than 14 days a year would have to apply to do so.
  - bern4444 5y ago
    Gotcha, yeah I know for sure twitter is allowing 100% remote. People will have the option to go to an office if they want at Twitter but there's no requirement or need to apply like what you're saying google is doing. Though, google has way more employees than twitter I believe (5,000+ vs 130,000+)
Zaheer 5y ago
Many of the large tech co's are now allowing to apply for permanent remote positions: https://www.levels.fyi/remote/ https://www.levels.fyi/remote/

Benjammer 5y ago

I know for a fact that at least some teams at Google are hiring for full-time remote right now.

fruzz 5y ago

I think you're right, but I don't think this organizational discomfort with remote work will be true of the next batch of hip companies to work at. So you may yet get your chance. :)

bern4444 5y ago

Twitter allows for full time remote. They were one of the first companies to announce it with COVID [0] [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter-work-from-home/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter...

allochthon 5y ago
I was trying to make sense of these lines from the article. I probably misunderstood. > Twitter has said that it expects a majority of its staff to spend some time working remotely and some time in the office. That's despite its boss Jack Dorsey initially saying that employees could work from home "forever". > And Google rejigged its timetable for bringing people back to the workplace. As of 1 September, employees wishing to work from home for more than 14 days a year would have to apply to do so.
- bern4444 5y ago
  Gotcha, yeah I know for sure twitter is allowing 100% remote. People will have the option to go to an office if they want at Twitter but there's no requirement or need to apply like what you're saying google is doing. Though, google has way more employees than twitter I believe (5,000+ vs 130,000+)

Zaheer 5y ago

Many of the large tech co's are now allowing to apply for permanent remote positions: https://www.levels.fyi/remote/ https://www.levels.fyi/remote/