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Re:Google is accelerating reopening of offices and putting l... by doktorhladnjak on Thursday April 01, 2021 @02:22AM (#26657195)
Google has some of the best offices in the world. They’ve built up these offices as a clear differentiator from their talent competitors. It’s lead to many companies offering free lunch and other perks tied to their physical space.

Giving it up would mean changing the culture and the value prop of working there. I can’t say I’m surprised they don’t want to do that.

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Re:Google is accelerating reopening of offices and putting l... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @03:11AM (#26657462)
Yeah, I do agree. It's odd that FB are doing so differently from them, though. When I worked in a FAANG, they had lots of issues with senior level engineer retention. Generally loads of people left when they wanted to start a family.

I guess FB must have seen the same thing, hence full remote for senior engineers. It's odd that Google haven't experienced this issue.

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Re:Google is accelerating reopening of offices and putting l... by wu_187 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @03:18AM (#26657499)
Sadly that culture changed long ago. Even prior to covid a lot of companies were downscaling their perks as they offshored jobs to Asia, thanks to our previous administration.
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Re:Google is accelerating reopening of offices and putting l... by qPM9l3XJrF on Thursday April 01, 2021 @06:13AM (#26658570)
Can you give specific instances of this happening? I feel like offshoring tech jobs has been the bogeyman that has never delivered in our industry for a really long time.
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