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Dear Reddit Employees: No Desire to Move? Let’s Talk
- rebelidealist 12y agoWe haven't heard much from Reddit employees on this situation. DHH has been the vocal one. Before we jump to any conclusions we should ask how Reddit's remote employees really feel.
- carlosdp 12y agoThis article misses a big point on remote vs local: culture. After reading all of the articles about remote work on HN, I thought it was awesome. But I interned at a company for which most employees are remote this summer, and I found that not having the people in the same place really dampened the experience for me and makes you miss out on the social component of office/company culture (which helps a lot management/idea-wise often). Maybe Reddit management decided they wanted to try something different. Maybe the culture wasn't working for them. As long as they are offering severance and understanding if someone doesn't want to move, I don't see why we anyone is raising their pitchforks because Reddit is changing strategies. Some of those tweets suggest Reddit thinks only SF has good talent, but then why are they trying to move their existing remoters? I don't think that's what they are saying, I think they just literally want to be under the same roof while working. I think if Reddit's founders were living in Portland, they would have asked everyone to move there, and it has nothing to do with SF. (Note: not saying remoting doesn't work, it does, it's just not necessarily for everyone)