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I don't think anyone on HN has a crystal ball, but... My guess is yes, the tech industry will largely be back in offices by the end of 2022, for a very simple

by mjr00 4y ago

I don't think anyone on HN has a crystal ball, but... My guess is yes, the tech industry will largely be back in offices by the end of 2022, for a very simple reason: most of the tech giants have returned to working in-office or announced that they will be returning in the near future. Twitter is the notable exception, but of course if Elon's takeover goes through, they will no longer be. The rest of the tech industry largely copies whatever MANGA does, for better or for worse. Remote jobs and fully-remote companies will still exist, but they will be notable because they're unusual.

bin_bash 4y ago
It seems Meta and Amazon in particular are moving even further in the direction of remote. I think Apple and Google will follow.
qbasic_forever 4y ago
Apple delayed their corporate return to office, for like the fourth time in a row now: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/technology/apple-delays-return-to-office.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/technology/apple-delays-r... I don't think Amazon is entirely back to the office for corporate workers either. AFAIK Microsoft is one of the few that dove head first into back to office.
- mjr00 4y ago
  Sure but those returns have been delayed, not canceled in favour of a perma-remote policy. I don't think moving to Sioux Falls as an Amazon or Apple employee would work out 6-12 months from now.
  - dr_spicy 4y ago
    At Amazon return to office is now up to middlemanagement some entire orgs are officially ok with full remote indefinitely. Outside these orgs some individuals can work from different locations on the same team. It's not quite clear what the average steady state will look like, but with a lot of internal hiring at Amazon, I would imagine things would gradually tend towards being fairly flexible
baran1 4y ago
airbnb?
silksowed 4y ago
meta seems committed to remote work

by mjr00 4y ago

bin_bash 4y ago

It seems Meta and Amazon in particular are moving even further in the direction of remote. I think Apple and Google will follow.

qbasic_forever 4y ago

Apple delayed their corporate return to office, for like the fourth time in a row now: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/technology/apple-delays-return-to-office.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/technology/apple-delays-r... I don't think Amazon is entirely back to the office for corporate workers either. AFAIK Microsoft is one of the few that dove head first into back to office.

mjr00 4y ago
Sure but those returns have been delayed, not canceled in favour of a perma-remote policy. I don't think moving to Sioux Falls as an Amazon or Apple employee would work out 6-12 months from now.
- dr_spicy 4y ago
  At Amazon return to office is now up to middlemanagement some entire orgs are officially ok with full remote indefinitely. Outside these orgs some individuals can work from different locations on the same team. It's not quite clear what the average steady state will look like, but with a lot of internal hiring at Amazon, I would imagine things would gradually tend towards being fairly flexible

baran1 4y ago

airbnb?

silksowed 4y ago

meta seems committed to remote work