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Don’t worry, remote WFH is ending. Soon, this situation will never happen.

geocrasher 4y ago
Hardly. I work at a startup that doesn't even have an office. We are distributed around the world, and everyone, CEO included, is WFH. Perhaps your comment was sarcastic, but that doesn't make it any less incorrect.
- wiredfool 4y ago
  Not a startup, but my (small) company is absolutely hiring remotely, preferring EU timezones. We have an office, but it's generally unused. We've got people in at least 4 countries now, maybe 5 by next week. They were supportive when I took a ~year~8 months with the family to drive/airbnb around europe precovid.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
  I have the same deal here. Pre-COVID, they had a WeWork office, but some employees were remote around the USA. Once COVID hit, they left the WeWork and became fully remote. We don't have an office, and now have people from all over the world. HR and the C-suite make a big point of advertising both internally and externally that we are a 100% remote company. They've also arranged full-company gatherings so we can meet each other and put an actual person behind the face we see in Zoom. A couple months ago, it was in Chamonix, France.
danesparza 4y ago
You realize WFH was a thing before the pandemic, right?
com2kid 4y ago
My company more than doubled its workforce during COVID and we don't plan on leasing any more office space. Not to mention we hired people all around the country, so most of them don't have a place to come in to.
spaniard89277 4y ago
Yeah good luck with that.
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sydbarrett74 4y ago
I was offered the opportunity to work 100% remotely for a large financial corporation which has the bulk of its operations in my home town. This was back in 2006. One of my best friends was outfitted with a DS1 to his house back in the mid '90's so he could work remotely. tl;dr: Telecommuting has been around for decades and is only going to become more common, not less. The pandemic merely accelerated the trend.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
  Can confirm. Buddy of mine was good, lived far away, and basically threatened to walk if accommodation was not made. Remote existed for a while, but it was considered a 'favor' bosses bestowed upon you. Now it is the norm and suddenly not only normal order is upset, but also one carrot is gone from the manager's quiver. I completely agree with your post.
kache_ 4y ago
yeaaaaaaaaah buddy i haven't been in an office since before covid If you're good enough that they need you, they'll hire you anywhere with a net connection.

Hardly. I work at a startup that doesn't even have an office. We are distributed around the world, and everyone, CEO included, is WFH. Perhaps your comment was sarcastic, but that doesn't make it any less incorrect.

wiredfool 4y ago
Not a startup, but my (small) company is absolutely hiring remotely, preferring EU timezones. We have an office, but it's generally unused. We've got people in at least 4 countries now, maybe 5 by next week. They were supportive when I took a ~year~8 months with the family to drive/airbnb around europe precovid.
Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
I have the same deal here. Pre-COVID, they had a WeWork office, but some employees were remote around the USA. Once COVID hit, they left the WeWork and became fully remote. We don't have an office, and now have people from all over the world. HR and the C-suite make a big point of advertising both internally and externally that we are a 100% remote company. They've also arranged full-company gatherings so we can meet each other and put an actual person behind the face we see in Zoom. A couple months ago, it was in Chamonix, France.

danesparza 4y ago

You realize WFH was a thing before the pandemic, right?

com2kid 4y ago

My company more than doubled its workforce during COVID and we don't plan on leasing any more office space. Not to mention we hired people all around the country, so most of them don't have a place to come in to.

spaniard89277 4y ago

Yeah good luck with that.

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sydbarrett74 4y ago

I was offered the opportunity to work 100% remotely for a large financial corporation which has the bulk of its operations in my home town. This was back in 2006. One of my best friends was outfitted with a DS1 to his house back in the mid '90's so he could work remotely. tl;dr: Telecommuting has been around for decades and is only going to become more common, not less. The pandemic merely accelerated the trend.

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
Can confirm. Buddy of mine was good, lived far away, and basically threatened to walk if accommodation was not made. Remote existed for a while, but it was considered a 'favor' bosses bestowed upon you. Now it is the norm and suddenly not only normal order is upset, but also one carrot is gone from the manager's quiver. I completely agree with your post.

kache_ 4y ago

yeaaaaaaaaah buddy i haven't been in an office since before covid If you're good enough that they need you, they'll hire you anywhere with a net connection.