Silicon Valley offices less empty than other regions

Re:Silicon Valley offices less empty than other regions by synu on Thursday December 29, 2022 @11:56AM (#34174664)

I realise we are both sharing anecdotes, but I was at GitLab from about 250 employees to 1500 or so. It was all remote from the beginning, and it definitely wasn’t all senior, fully ramped employees with pre-established work social networks in Silicon Valley (or any other single place for that matter). There was mentorship, as well as social events and travel.

I’m sure your experience is factual, but maybe it’s not a universal truth or something generally applicable about remote work.

One thing for sure I would feel down about is if I moved somewhere I didn’t like to advance my career, and then everyone there started working remotely making the whole move pointless.

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Re:Silicon Valley offices less empty than other regions by repeekad on Thursday December 29, 2022 @12:24PM (#34175078)

SF is disgusting, and SV in general is so expensive to live in and enjoy. It feels unsustainable for a region to profit so much from remote work that itself is so bad to live in if you aren’t already successful. People can just ignore the homeless WFH and uber to their bars and restaurants, with staff who can’t even afford to live there, I had to leave.

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