Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus ban

Re:Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despi... by refurb on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:48AM (#26567905)

Interesting take.

Related to that I’m interested how office cliques will work. It’s pretty damn easy to exclude someone if everyone is working from home. Unless they are scouring calendars they may not even know they were left out of an important meeting. Seems like a nightmare for a office with more passive-aggressive types.

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Re:Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despi... by macintux on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @03:26PM (#26571828)

Any mixed remote/office work company suffers from this, even with the best intentions.

Face-to-face conversations have such a huge latency/throughput advantage over online discussions that the remote employees are typically left out of the loop.

(At least, that's been my observation at dedicated remote vs hybrid companies. Maybe things will change post-pandemic, but I'm not optimistic.)

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Re:Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despi... by WrtCdEvrydy on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @06:29PM (#26573836)

Trust me, this already happened and it's an easy way to get rid of your workers after you "relocate" without paying unemployment.

Offer remote work and then offer no advancement opportunities until they quit, so you don't take the unemployment hit. Voila, you have shifted the costs unto them to go find a new job.

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Re:Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despi... by refurb on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:18PM (#26576213)

I have heard this as well, but super curious what the impact will be when WFH/in-office is so widespread.

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