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It really doesn't matter. Companies want to hire me. As a result they have to hire me as remote. Once they do so my productivity is sufficient that they want to
by zaphar 3y ago
It really doesn't matter. Companies want to hire me. As a result they have to hire me as remote. Once they do so my productivity is sufficient that they want to keep me around. I earned the right to be remote a long time ago. Before I earned the right I worked in offices when I had to. Whether other people earn that right or not doesn't really affect me.
This isn't I think a bad state of affairs. If remote is more productive then companies will eventually switch over. If remote isn't more productive then they won't. If it's a wash then the people who earn the right to be remote will do so. The rest will go into the office. Life is full of earned rights like this. No sense in getting worked up about it. If you want to be remote then earn the right to be so.
- Hasu 3y ago> If remote is more productive then companies will eventually switch over. If remote isn't more productive then they won't. If it's a wash then the people who earn the right to be remote will do so. The rest will go into the office. Life is full of earned rights like this. No sense in getting worked up about it. If you want to be remote then earn the right to be so. I think your faith in companies acting rationally is about ten orders of magnitude higher than my own.
- stcroixx 3y agoI'm skeptical productivity would play a significant in the decision in the majority of the F500's and others who follow their lead. It's logical, of course, but if productivity was a focus, there are many other possibilities that could be explored/implemented, which rarely are. MBA run companies are full of waste and inefficiency. I think it does matter to you and many others in terms of your possible opportunities. If less companies have a policy that allows remote work, the companies that are even able to hire you are less and your opportunities are more limited than they otherwise would be. Fishing in a larger pond is in your best interest. I worked remote for years before covid, but I believe the way I earned that opportunity was by working in the office with those same people for a few years to earn their trust. Asking new potential employers who don't know me to trust me like that I think would result in fewer opportunities.
- randomdata 3y ago> MBA run companies are full of waste and inefficiency. They are, and they don't have longevity because of it. A company listed on the S&P 500 in the 1950s had an average lifespan of 61 years. By 2016, that had fallen to just 18 years. You can hide inefficiencies for a while, but the piper needs to be paid eventually. Productivity matters. The companies may not literally switch to a particular mode of work, but the market will eventually cull any company that is falling behind in productivity. The net result is the same.