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>like allowing almost any SWE to go remote that asks Do you have the policy document or data to back that up? Asking because I am friends with a Google enginee
by coderintherye 5y ago
>like allowing almost any SWE to go remote that asks
Do you have the policy document or data to back that up? Asking because I am friends with a Google engineer who asked to go remote and was denied (even though nothing about their role requires them to be in-person).
- opportune 5y agoA little birdie told me that most denials were for specific roles (eg some entire departments were not going to let employees go remote, mostly not engineering). In engineering the bird told me most denials were due to being very junior, working on something that needed physical access, or poor performance
- dataflow 5y agoWhat about being a new hire? Do they get generally approved or denied?
- hn_go_brrrrr 5y agoAnecdatum: a coworker who joined mid-pandemic was approved for remote work.
- dataflow 5y agoThanks! But mid pandemic would be a year ago right? Not quite what I was thinking of as new hire, though cool to know regardless.
- hn_go_brrrrr 5y agoYeah, but he applied for remote work when he was still pretty new. I don't remember exactly when, but only a few months in.
- Thorrez 5y agoIf you haven't been hired yet, I recommend checking the box for "remote-eligible jobs" and telling the recruiter that's what you want. Full disclosure I work at Google. https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/?distance=50&has_remote=true https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/?distance=50&has_rem...
- justahuman74 5y agoSeems odd to have the juniors and poor performers sit around in an office together while everyone else is at home
- shadowgovt 5y agoI wouldn't accuse Google of having an effective management culture. They tend to promote from within and along the engineering track, which results in engineers reasoning from "What would I (a high-performing engineer) do?" and not necessarily what's best for the team.
- ariwilson 5y agoThere are other people who prefer to be an office that the juniors and poor performers can learn from...
- UncleMeat 5y agoThe large majority of SWEs didn't apply for remote work.
- 8note 5y agoImo SWEs aren't on top of things like applying for remote work, and most who will, will do it on the last day they can
- UncleMeat 5y agoI find it very hard to believe that in the next month like half of the company is going to apply for remote positions. We didn't see this happen the last time we were within 30 days of a planned return (on Jan 3).
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- UncleMeat 5y agoOrgs vary. There are absolutely people who had applications denied. All I can say is that in my org (hundreds of people), every single application was accepted.
- ceras 5y agoOP's article says 15% of requests were denied, i.e. 85% of requests were approved.
- inlined 5y agoI am a google manager of a hybrid remote team. It generally depends on your manager and your VP; both have to sign off. I’ve heard rumors that it’s harder for Junior members to get transferred, but I had two successful transfers, a junior engineer with a transfer request outstanding, and hired a remote worker today.