> I woke up every day excited and motivated What would I give to get that feeling... > Ultimately, never choose the one giving you an ultimatum. This is very

> I woke up every day excited and motivated What would I give to get that feeling... > Ultimately, never choose the one giving you an ultimatum. This is very good advice. Related, never trust a retention offer. The leverage you have to influence the change that it represents vanishes the moment you accept it > don’t accept any relocation assistance The number of people I've seen getting in trouble because they burnt a signing bonus before the minimum retention period, or forgot about the lawyer fees for their immigration paperwork and switched jobs too early. It's fine taking any of these as long as you accept that you're selling out for a couple of years... But read your contracts > This outflow of money does hurt the local economies of said cities, including the ones that big tech companies are headquartered in. In some cases, this pain has jeopardized a lot of the tax incentives that said companies enjoy. This is an explanation, others also related to financial incentives, some related to trust (a lot of managers don't trust that people are working when they can't directly see their screens). I think there is also an argument to be made that wfh is not for everyone and everything, and that collaboration can work better in person. It's harder to build a team when most of your relationships are built in meetings. Seeing people once in a while is good to build trust, and I can get why some companies can take the position that this is a must have in their employment conditions. Not that I would be interested to work for such a company though.