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Nobody is “permanently remote” — and you should take anyone who says they are with a huge grain of salt. They’re remote until there’s a compelling reason (good
by paulcole 4y ago
Nobody is “permanently remote” — and you should take anyone who says they are with a huge grain of salt. They’re remote until there’s a compelling reason (good or bad, reasonable or unreasonable) for them to not be remote. An exception would be companies that were started as remote-only pre-pandemic (Zapier comes to mind).
I do a lot of interviewing and always say, “We’re remote until we have a problem that would be best solved by not being remote. However, it’s hard to imagine a problem like that. It’s much more likely that a single person can’t handle working remotely effectively. But I don’t talk in absolutes and would never say never, always, or forever when it comes to something this important.”
- harshalizee 4y agoThere is also being an actual designated remote employee. If someone is located two time zones away from you/offices, you wouldn't call them in to solve a problem.
- paulcole 4y agoYeah you just fire them when you decide to stop being remote.
- Jcowell 4y agoMy position is remote since the company I work for spans over almost every time zone. My team on different coast. And this is a company that became remote permanently during the pandemic. Nothing would be gained by removing my remote status since there would be no one to meet in my local office anyway.
- paulcole 4y ago> Nothing would be gained by removing my remote status Right. The lack of clear benefit has never stopped a company from making a decision before.