Well, at this point, for a lot of roles, the choice between never going into an office, or attending a meeting, or taking a business trip does involve pretty severe career tradeoffs. I'm on a distributed team and travel is pretty locked down because of budgets but I still don't really have the flexibility to say I'm not leaving my house (If I wanted to, which I don't).
Re:Twilio is firing 17% of workforce
by rebeccaskinner on Monday February 13, 2023 @11:38PM
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It’s a trade-off for sure. There are companies where you can be successful without in-person events, but that’s not going to be every company or remote team. I’m comfortable with the trade-off. I’m an extrovert, and I miss meeting people I work with regularly (even though I’ve always disliked travel). Unfortunately, putting my feelings aside, a sober analysis of the state of Covid right now has me convinced that it’s still really really worth avoiding as much as possible.
I see a lot of people assuming that remote work is merely a preference, but for a lot of people it’s a lot more than that. Avoiding contracting Covid in the office is a difference between life and death for some people- and the difference between a productive long term career or a struggle to eek out a living in the face of long term disabilities due to long covid for others.