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Seems like some of the arguments that i made in my blog post "Remote working and the elephant in the room" are becoming relevant: https://blog.kronis.dev/articl
by KronisLV 5y ago
Seems like some of the arguments that i made in my blog post "Remote working and the elephant in the room" are becoming relevant: https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/remote-working-and-the-elephant-in-the-room https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/remote-working-and-the-elep...
There will probably be some companies that remain fully remote and some that attempt to get everyone back into offices ASAP, as well as some in the middle that will try to embrace hybrid modes of work. Each type will tend to attract employees who are compatible with them, though it's hard to say whether the percentages of people that want a particular mode of work and the percentages of companies that actually offer it will match up, especially if people who make these choices on policy within the companies are not aligned with those who want to work there and vice versa.
It'll probably lead to many seeking out other employment opportunities and taking their domain knowledge and skills with them, which will be somewhat problematic in the months or years to come. I know for a fact that i don't enjoy commute or having to live in the city, so i might just look for some other place to work if/when the "return" to office policy comes into effort. Sadly, in my case i only have about 50k euros in savings so perhaps it's a bit premature to think of starting my own SaaS, since i earn a bit above 20k euros a year (after taxes) in Latvia now: https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/on-finances-and-savings https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/on-finances-and-savings
To sum up my point: it's nice to have the choice rather than having just cultural norms be passed down (which is one of the silver linings of the pandemic, as bad as it is), but it will cause some strife in the future until everything settles.