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> Only privileged person wouldn't value that. This to me is in the same vein as the "it's a privilege to work here" nonsense. I think a lot of FAANG companies

> Only privileged person wouldn't value that. This to me is in the same vein as the "it's a privilege to work here" nonsense. I think a lot of FAANG companies and their associated fan clubs don't realize that some people genuinely don't care about working at <insert famous company here> and instead are just happy doing work they like in an environment that makes them happy. To me at least, that's far more important than having "Google Software Engineer 2012-2020" stamped on my Resume.

bilbo0s 5y ago
I actually don't like FAANGs since I'm a fairly big privacy advocate. That said, Apple has a point here and you do as well, but these points are easily resolvable. Just don't work at Apple. If you value work from home, then Apple is probably not the place for you. It's well known in this industry that Apple will go to extraordinary lengths to ensure their corporate privacy and secrets. What makes anyone believe that a company like that would allow a person access to those secrets from home? I don't work for Apple, never have, but given what I've heard about them, work from home would be the last benefit I would expect from them.
- frumper 5y ago
  Your questions don't hold up if you're allowed to have those super duper secrets for 2 days a week at home. It's not like your home office is any less safe on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  - zsmi 5y ago
    https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tim-cook-return-office-working-from-home-three-days-2021-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tim-cook-return-office... "Most employees would be expected to come in on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and it would be up to them whether they work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays, Cook said." Most != All My guess is those that require physical access to prototypes get to come in on Wednesday and Friday too.
  - cudgy 5y ago
    Seems like more jib-jabber talking and socializing between departments in an office is actually LESS secure.

bilbo0s 5y ago

I actually don't like FAANGs since I'm a fairly big privacy advocate. That said, Apple has a point here and you do as well, but these points are easily resolvable. Just don't work at Apple. If you value work from home, then Apple is probably not the place for you. It's well known in this industry that Apple will go to extraordinary lengths to ensure their corporate privacy and secrets. What makes anyone believe that a company like that would allow a person access to those secrets from home? I don't work for Apple, never have, but given what I've heard about them, work from home would be the last benefit I would expect from them.

frumper 5y ago
Your questions don't hold up if you're allowed to have those super duper secrets for 2 days a week at home. It's not like your home office is any less safe on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- zsmi 5y ago
  https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tim-cook-return-office-working-from-home-three-days-2021-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tim-cook-return-office... "Most employees would be expected to come in on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and it would be up to them whether they work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays, Cook said." Most != All My guess is those that require physical access to prototypes get to come in on Wednesday and Friday too.
- cudgy 5y ago
  Seems like more jib-jabber talking and socializing between departments in an office is actually LESS secure.