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Re:Amazon reverses course, expands work-from-home options by ghaff on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:59AM (#27472692)
You're being downvoted but, as someone effectively if not officially full-time remote, I agree with you. There are almost certainly far more opportunities for someone who can come into an office even if just for a day or two a week, a few days every other week, etc. than there are for people living in the mountains someplace who can fly to a week-long team meeting every quarter.

The latter opportunities exist too. That's effectively the situation with my very distributed team although I could drive into an office (where the vast bulk of them are not located). But there are probably far fewer of them.

Re:Amazon reverses course, expands work-from-home options by xwolfi on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:24AM (#27473777)
We were asked at my company to indicate our wfh preferences for the future so we can plan real estate (we re a big intl bank).

As soon as the result in each team came out, managers were talking abt who s engaged (0 wfh) vs who's not (4-5 days wfh).

I dont care, I put 0 to increase my popularity upstairs as it cost me nothing at all, but you cant help to wonder if companies are sincere in asking people to choose. Just dont ask if you dont want it to happen.