3 ms·
> “Are you more productive having people physically in an office together and then constraining who you hire to a 30-mile or a 60-mile commuting radius to the o
by ElFitz 3y ago
> “Are you more productive having people physically in an office together and then constraining who you hire to a 30-mile or a 60-mile commuting radius to the office? Or by allowing your team to be able to hire people from anywhere?” he asked.
From the linked "Airbnb CEO says the pandemic was the group’s ‘most productive’ two years ever, so now he’s making remote work permanent" [^1] (linked under "Airbnb made its “work from anywhere” policy permanent in April last year."):
> Today, we’re announcing that Airbnb employees can live and work anywhere.
[1]: https://fortune.com/2022/04/29/airbnb-ceo-remote-work-policy-most-productive/ https://fortune.com/2022/04/29/airbnb-ceo-remote-work-policy...
- zamadatix 3y agoAgain, you can allow your team to hire from anywhere without mandating they hire from everywhere and the remote work change is indeed permanent, rather flexible (you can still go to the office if you prefer). Regarding the last quote - the actual source, Twitter, contains more context with the following text of the same tweet saying there are 5 components for that, of which #3 is "You have the flexibility to live and work in 170 countries for up to 90 days a year in each location". If you read the article to throw stones at the guy I'm sure you'll be able to find stones to throw. If you read it to find what he was saying I'm still not sure how this thread relates to what he said beyond you wish he had said even more.