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No single CEO will be able to pull off the feat. Just like it took a large exogenous shock to get companies to let people work from home, it's going to take an
by pcurve 5y ago
No single CEO will be able to pull off the feat.
Just like it took a large exogenous shock to get companies to let people work from home, it's going to take another shock to get people back into office.
That shock will come in the next economic downturn, and employment market tilts in favor of employer.
Outside the U.S., people have long returned to office, and the trend is continuing.
Longer term, it will become more clear which industry and what companies WFH is a competitive edge vs liability.
Highly productive, self-motivated, competent workers are in certain sectors are over-represented on HN, but that's not the norm.
Having worked in sectors with distributed and WFH workforce, tighter supervision and protocols are required to keep competitive edge.
- swman 5y agoMy experience has been that people just move slow af ever since the lockdowns and remote only. Like I get it we all have differing amounts of equity and “ceos are evil” is common amongst some of the boot camp devs. However, that’s not an excuse to just cruise control through the week. It’s pretty frustrating to see some that some people are barely doing any work, people are offline on slack or have blocked off whole afternoons as busy. You’d think it would have become more efficient with lockdowns..
- kyriakos 5y agoNot in US and in my knowledge software engineers haven't returned to office. WFH became so normal people are seeking jobs outside the country to the extend local companies can't find people to hire.