Re:Ask HN: How Bad Is the Current Market? Pt3
by ll_mama on Saturday March 18, 2023 @05:41AM
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I think we are too late for any sort of intervention here. It's not like the 0.1% hasn't been trying to access the US job market for the past decade(s) for remote work. It was bound to happen, we just entered a phase of acceleration.
Re:Ask HN: How Bad Is the Current Market? Pt3
by gumballindie on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:39AM
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> Now it seems like people are mostly upvoting anti-WFH posts. Look how the tide has turned.
WFH people discovered they have a life. Instead of sitting here arguing about why an archaic work setup is bad for you they are out and about.
It took a recession in tech for people to finally realize that writing for-loops while working on a ranch in Idaho for $200k/year isn't sustainable. Your company is going to realize sooner or later that they can hire the top 0.1% in most countries for $65k/year to write those for-loops. And these people come without any entitlement or attitudes that usually accompany SV tech workers.
WFH is not your friend. It might seem like it is right now but it's not. Demand a return to office if you want to maintain your standard of living in the long run.
Not to mention if I were running a company and have to do a layoff, the first group of people I'd let go are the permanent WFH people.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32106971