Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore
by dcow on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:27PM
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I'm trying to clarify my understanding. Is it the case that Twitter has reneged on telling employees they can work fully remote? I have no disagreement with you that there are social and potentially legal problems with companies that have said that. I am just trying to understand if Twitter and more relevantly Google have done that.
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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore
by bluefishinit on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:43PM
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Yes, Twitter promised "work from home forever" and Musk unceremoniously reversed that. Same with Slack: https://mashable.com/article/slack-remote-work-permanent-cor...
I'm sure there are other but those are the two I know off the top of my head that promised work from home "forever" then went back on their word.
Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore
by dcow on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:01PM
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Then if I were a Twitter employee I'd be pretty upset. In terms of Google and Amazon and Apple telling people to come back to the office, though, not sure there's the same grounds for outrage.
Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore
by PraetorianGourd on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:37PM
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They should have never used “permanent” or “forever”. New leaders come in, old leaders go out. Realities change. Should every subsequent CEO be bound by some promise of a prior CEO? Seems unsustainable.