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It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next decade. I don’t doubt that there are some people who are more productive in the office, but there
by Xcelerate 3y ago
It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next decade. I don’t doubt that there are some people who are more productive in the office, but there are also a lot of people who are more productive from home as well. And there’s an undeniable competitive advantage when your company isn’t spending tens to hundreds of millions of dollars on Bay Area office real estate while your competitors are.
The incumbents have decided that RTO is a top priority, whether because the types of personalities that tend toward leadership positions like being at the office better (and are probably more extroverted if I had to guess), or perhaps RTO is a convenient alternative to layoffs. Whatever the reason, there are hundreds of new startups that began as remote companies during the pandemic and will continue working that way with remote work ingrained into the culture from the beginning, and I am very curious to see if there is any noteworthy difference in success outcomes based on this factor a few years from now.
My personal guess is that in the short-term remote work will start to disappear, but in the long-term it will make a strong and permanent comeback as a lot of these startups begin to displace the previous tech companies that once led the market.
- Salgat 3y agoRequiring in-office means both a massive cost for office buildings and losing a large portion of the hiring pool, particularly those that can most afford to be picky (top talent). I don't understand what advantage this gives a company.
- zaphirplane 3y agojust FAANG let go what 70k people, I think companies are not going to struggle finding compliant employees
- rektide 3y ago> It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next decade. The next decade has enough people who know the past & will squabble over what works for them. The decades after the next 10 years are much more interesting. People who never knew office culture, people who never really have committed to 9-5, people who haven't worked closely with teams, people who haven't been part of water cooler conversations, people who haven't shoulder surfed important technical discovery. I personally don't see a ton of value in rto for myself. I do a little right now & it's awful & pathetic cargo culting, a failed play acting at an earlier time. But I also don't see how we maintain a useful industry & raise up new people if the level of sharing & connecting stays as abysmally low as where we are at. We are headed for a crash.
- polotics 3y agoConnecting with video calls and shared collaboration workspaces has actually been more collaboration than the usual meeting room. Global company work has been going on with offshore teams online for decades already. So I strongly disagree with you
- rektide 3y agoI personally feel quite lucky & fortunate to have companies that have been quite social. Well over 50% of conversations only happen because of physical immediacy. One person grumbles or just looks stressed. Someone asks. A conversation starts. Two people start chatting about some implementation. Someone else overhears & suggests another idea. Going to lunch and people chat over plans or things they want. I strongly disagree with you. Meetings are a godforsaken hellish awful replacement for socialization.