Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starting in early September

Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by bsder on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @08:58PM (#27375929)

Mentoring junior folks is a really big one that really needs in-person attention. It disappoints me that everybody is ignoring this.

Sure, work-from-home is nice for senior folks like me who have lots of influence and have nurtured their career over several decades. We can allocate resources and people listen to us by virtue of position.

For junior folks, work from home is terrible for their career. Nothing substitutes for standing in front of a whiteboard and talking things out. You need social contacts to spread out in order to be safe when your company goes to shit. And, you probably share a house with multiple other folks and don't have much budget to buy things.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by vineyardmike on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:32PM (#27376619)

So few people focus on junior employees! The junior employees on my team who onboard did in 2019 vs 2020 are much more than 1 year apart in terms of output and performance.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by omegam on Thursday June 03, 2021 @01:24AM (#27377526)

I think it's more dependent on your WFH practices. My current employer is fully remote (but always has been) and I think the junior engineers generally get up to speed with the senior engineers quickly.

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