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Meta Tells Office Workers to Come in Three Days per Week This Fall
- sircastor 3y agoArchived page https://archive.is/ywSwv https://archive.is/ywSwv
- jdmg94 3y agoso did Amazon starting July
- sircastor 3y agoThis is a rather interesting take as Meta is simultaneously laying off hordes of people, telling the world that virtualized collaboration is possible/ready, and asking people to spend more time at the office. I’m sure there’s some degree of having a job, and it being a down economy, but there seem to be a lot of reasons to not work for Meta
- gloryjulio 3y agoIt's just the so called 'the year of efficiency'. All the moves are following this goal. The higher ups think that hybrid is ideal for productivity and there u have it
- olliej 3y agoIf people quit FB doesn’t have to pay severance, etc So making a shitty work environment is win/win for execs: they get cheaper cost cutting, and they get to feel like they have power over how the plebs work.
- thdc 3y agoI wonder how the employee who purchased a multi year lease for a cruise cabin in anticipation of permanent wfh feels
- Proven 3y ago[dead]
- tdeck 3y agoIt's because companies see that employees don't push back. I sometimes wonder if these moves are just as much about asserting dominance as they are about business outcomes.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoI’m literally quitting my cushy senior executive job at megacorp X because I would rather program remotely at a discount. I don’t seek any sympathy for my situation, I’m doing good. But I refuse to be forced into the past and if they value my corporeal presence over my ability to make value for them, then they get neither. My happiness and sanity is worth more than their obsessive need to control everyone and force people to work the way management works best, rather than the way the employee produces best. I support folks that dig working in office, but I resent being told to work their way if it doesn’t work for me.
- Apofis 3y agoI can't imagine ever moving to San Francisco or NYC for even twice the pay to be honest. Having to endure the NYC subway for another miserable summer is a big fat no from me (especially with how bad they've gotten in recent years) and with congestion pricing in place, it's pretty much a dead issue. SF is completely insane with real estate prices, so that's a big fat no as well. San Jose sucks, so no. Remote First and Remote Forward is the future. Occasional onsite FTW. Do work-resorts/retreats for a week a few times a year, you're good. Have the robots do the manual labor, and if they're still not good enough, well this is YCombinator's Hacker News after all, get to building and launch yesterday.
- DanAtC 3y agoSounds like it's time to reduce productivity to three days per week.