That is true. But the problem here is not the remote work, is the company workflow. It will be the same problem in the office.

I don't know about that. Some middle management has been using remote working to amplify their toxic behaviour because its easier to get away with when people are isolated.

Or maybe Scarlett can work on more than one thing so that when she needs to make demands on other people's time that comes with a reasonable expectation of turnaround (such as 24 hours) or to communicate such needs timely rather than at the last moment.

Let me tell my boss how to manage the team and get back to you about how that goes.

Ok! ;)

Nice saying from the metalworking world: 'increased feeds and speeds are no substitute for better planning'.

A half decent manager should be able to handle this feedback, surely

find a new boss?

I work at FAANG and kind of like the comp? Other teams here are generally just as bad, from what I hear.

Well, I guess if the comp compensates for the stress you are having, then there is no problem to solve here.

IMHO, while the median comp might be higher in FAANG, one can get comparable or even higher compensation in many other companies given certain level of excellence in one's craft.

No, the problem is all this activism for entrenching remote work. I'll be much happier when it dies down again. I'm quite happy that my employer is implementing pay reductions for people who move away and make themselves harder to collaborate with.

The question of allowing devs (and other office workers but lets focus on devs) to go remote if they want is the big work-life issue of today. A few people want to work in person, but I'd say easily 75% of the people I work with do not want to be forced to go back to the office. In practice I have yet to actually meet someone who wants to go back to the big o except for the vp of engr. Everyone else, from recruiters, new hires, experienced people wants to be remote. There must be some people who want it of course.

One example, I'm a dev, and I talk to people we are trying to recruit from companies I worked at previously, they all ask me whether my company serious about going to in person, will that slowly fade away based on covid. I asked the recruiters and they said almost all the recruits ask that question too. I've always been in person at faang type companies and now about every month our vp of engineering schedules a new 'go back to the office' date, but it keeps going backward. Next date was going to be January something, but I'll put money on it going back monthly. One last whine, they keep saying they will do a survey of employee desires and concerns around this, but they keep delaying it for some reason.

I think the activism is because companies are already trying to push back hard against it, when actually it should be a matter of personal preference.

For lab work I can see why wfh is not an option, but for software development and lots of other work that could be done from home the decision should in principle lie with the employee, whatever works best for them, assuming that they are able to function like that.