Glassdoor has gone fully remote after realizing that remote jobs posted on their site got 50 percent more applicants and ones with better qualifications. https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/study-return-office
This is the ONE good thing Covid brought about. Lots of company employees never realized the place they work for already had the infrastructure in place for almost EVERYONE to work from home and even BYOD.
When they found out they were like holy shit, I've been living a fucking lie.
I've been remote for 13 years and I'm waaay more productive.
@th3j35t3r I've been remote for 30 years; the longest I worked in an office since 1992 was 3 months. I was writing about telecommuting skills back then!
I worked on a project a few years ago that cited a statistic: Before Covid, companies were asked how long it'd take them to gear up for a remote workforce. The consensus was 11 months. The average enterprise accomplished it in 11 days!
I wish I remembered where that stat came from; it'd be useful elsewhere too.
@mcfate @estherschindler @th3j35t3r
I think once companies start to understand that the really good talent wants to work remotely, they will begin to cave.
@evamarie Oh, I think that's happening. @sjvn and I have a friend who turned down a lucrative job at AWS because of it. (And I know he linked to an article about the trend.)
IMO it's a matter of "who has the power: employers or employees." In 2021 it was the latter. The employers are trying to wrest it back.
@estherschindler @evamarie @sjvn @th3j35t3r
I find it both ironic and amusing that a cloud provider needs people to go to a particular building and sit at a specific desk to enable other people not to have to do any of those things.
I’ve been remote 22 years. Going into a building, being under the watchful eye of a boss, and having to actually socialize when I’d rather just get the work done is never going to happen again if have my way.
@estherschindler @th3j35t3r
Eleven months, that's hilarious.
:: noisy blasts of high-pressure steam ::
:: Parker pulls lever, steam stops dead ::
"How long is this gonna take?"
"At least four hours."
:: Parker pushes lever, blasts of steam resume ::
"AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS!"
— Alien