At first this policy seemed kind of weird. It doesn’t actually seem tied to remote work per se, but rather distance to office. So what it seems is that google

At first this policy seemed kind of weird. It doesn’t actually seem tied to remote work per se, but rather distance to office. So what it seems is that google sees a lot of people wanting to work remote. With this, they say you can work remote..but if you choose to live away from office, you will earn less. Now why do they want “remote” employees close to the office? My guess is one of two things: 1) it’s easier to require folks to come into office for random events like team building. Less room to squabble if you live in same city 2) it’s a long term play to “pull” people back into office. When you live in same city as office, it’s a much easier choice to decide “hey maybe I should just go back to office.”