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It's really the lack of nuance on this topic that bothers me on HN. Tesla needs collaboration, drive, human interaction to be able to get their innovation and v

It's really the lack of nuance on this topic that bothers me on HN. Tesla needs collaboration, drive, human interaction to be able to get their innovation and vision moving and I don't care what any snowflake here says, remote work slows this down. I have been working remotely the past 2 years and I have basically had enough of it. I am moving back to Miami to go back into the office and my company is rewarding me financially for it WHILE it being completely my choice to do so.

kenjackson 4y ago
I think it’s great that you’re doing that. It being your choice is key. For many of us we’ve seen that we’re just as productive working remotely plus we have more free time. There is no personal upside to me working in an office.
- honeybadger1 4y ago
  This is fair and balanced reply. I still think it comes back to nuance on the company, what task you are performing, team size.. etc.. It's removing the nuance that causes the 'group think' on this topic and any company being flagged as regressive just because of this workforce decision.
desireco42 4y ago
That is really good for you, you will probably be able to be paid more because you can be in the office, I just heard from a friend who got unheard compensation because he was willing to go to the office.
dekhn 4y ago
you say remote work slows things down, but, today.... I met with the various teams I oversee (contractors, FTEs). The majority of them live/work in other states and I only see them when they fly to the mothership for an onsite (and many, I will never meet). I work for a subsidiary of a company that has its own mothership in another continent, so much of my work is necessarily remote. I didn't go to the office this week because my employer said we're in "yellow tier", which means masking up in the office. We're open office, so that means a bunch of people sitting around each other in masks. I didn't have any critical meetings that would have worked best in person. I talked to my one coworker who is also local (my manager used COVID to move to another state) and we agreed it didn't make much sense to come in since the majority of my coworkers work elsewhere. Why come in if there's almost nobody there? That said after a few weeks, I do want to visit the office to see a bunch of people in person but it's mainly for social reasons, not because it makes me more effective locally. I have worked on linux/python remotely off hours for decades (and often just not come into the office a few days a week). It really seems like this is ultimately about personal preferences.

kenjackson 4y ago

I think it’s great that you’re doing that. It being your choice is key. For many of us we’ve seen that we’re just as productive working remotely plus we have more free time. There is no personal upside to me working in an office.

honeybadger1 4y ago
This is fair and balanced reply. I still think it comes back to nuance on the company, what task you are performing, team size.. etc.. It's removing the nuance that causes the 'group think' on this topic and any company being flagged as regressive just because of this workforce decision.

desireco42 4y ago

That is really good for you, you will probably be able to be paid more because you can be in the office, I just heard from a friend who got unheard compensation because he was willing to go to the office.

dekhn 4y ago

you say remote work slows things down, but, today.... I met with the various teams I oversee (contractors, FTEs). The majority of them live/work in other states and I only see them when they fly to the mothership for an onsite (and many, I will never meet). I work for a subsidiary of a company that has its own mothership in another continent, so much of my work is necessarily remote. I didn't go to the office this week because my employer said we're in "yellow tier", which means masking up in the office. We're open office, so that means a bunch of people sitting around each other in masks. I didn't have any critical meetings that would have worked best in person. I talked to my one coworker who is also local (my manager used COVID to move to another state) and we agreed it didn't make much sense to come in since the majority of my coworkers work elsewhere. Why come in if there's almost nobody there? That said after a few weeks, I do want to visit the office to see a bunch of people in person but it's mainly for social reasons, not because it makes me more effective locally. I have worked on linux/python remotely off hours for decades (and often just not come into the office a few days a week). It really seems like this is ultimately about personal preferences.