Re:Google, Facebook make statements to staff about working f...
by gnopgnip on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:48PM
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How this affects hiring is another big factor. If you WFH 100% of the time but need to find a new job you are limited to other 100% WFH
Re:Google, Facebook make statements to staff about working f...
by ghaff on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:01PM
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Yes. There often tends to be a conflation between "Remote within a reasonable timezone" and mostly WFH but able to drop in for meetings once every week or two. But the two cases are actually pretty different in terms of where you can live. The latter means you don't need to have an easy commute but you still need to be in a 1-2hr driving range.
That said, I don't live in the Bay Area.
-- Obviously, the overall employment situation, in tech, in the Bay Area, and elsewhere. Unemployed people who don't otherwise have roots in the Bay Area aren't going to hang around and pay current rents there.
-- The degree to which companies relax WFH policies but still want employees to come in on a semi-regular basis.
-- The degree to which other companies decide that it doesn't matter where at least some employees live so long as they're available for video calls and other synchronous communications during regular working hours. (And what the salary impact is for those who don't live in higher CoL areas.)
-- Anecdotally, at least in public, a lot of execs in "tech" and elsewhere seem to be a lot more open to at least partial remote work.