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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by greedo on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:21AM (#36242316)
Not always. You have to include the fad component. Our company isn't cost constrained, nor were we hiring a ton of new talent. Yet we updated our office layout and furnishings 2x in the last 8 years to look "better."

Never underestimate the desire to keep up with the Joneses.

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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by Lio on Friday June 09, 2023 @04:25AM (#36254918)
I definitely agree with this.

Those huge open plan offices of the 1970s looked amazing in magazine photo-shoots. If you're C-suite suit you can really preside over a room like that.

Like a newsroom bullpen seen from a balcony above, lots of noise, lots of activity.

It's a just bummer if your job is to think carefully about stuff without distraction.

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