Despite letting some employees permanently work from home, tech companies are spending billions of dollars expanding their office spaces across the US
what they've been through, their frustrations, and their hopes. This is a plea to think about those who don't get to be done with the pandemic, and to prioritize them as a matter of moral and medical urgency. 1/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... @carnage4life : This the essence of the return to office debate. In a well run organization, giving people 1.5-2 hours a day back instead of commuting is an obvious win. In a poorly run one, it means it's harder for managers to micro-manage & easier employees to goof off. WFH stance is a tell https://twitter.com/... Larry Dignan / @ldignan : Another way to look at tech companies gobbling up commercial real estate is through an investment lens. Real estate works amid inflationary times and these companies have billions of dollars sitting around. https://www.techmeme.com/... Margaret O'Mara / @margaretomara : Mountain of cash dimension perfectly captured by @annehelen here https://twitter.com/... @anitakissee : Would you want to go back, pay for gas/parking? This is bad for the environment & for some workers. Feels tone deaf to all we've been through in 2 years & what many of us have come to want out of our work lives. I want to pick up my kid from school, not sit in traffic. https://twitter.com/... @janetheeesq : imagine spending the billions on employee salaries.. maybe employees would be able to afford to live close to the office & wouldn't mind coming in.. taking the money you have & buying soda streams to convince people to commute an hour each way isn't the best use of your surplus https://twitter.com/... Marco Rogers / @polotek : I'm gonna keep saying this in the gentlest way possible. A lot of people want to return to the office. A lot. Yes there are many many people who prefer full time remote work. But it's not all or even close to all. The question of why companies also want this is a separate one. https://twitter.com/... @badgal_ari : Are real estate developers and these other companies in cahoots of some sort? Why are they so adamant about not only returning to the office and paying office rent, but spending a bunch of extra $$ to lure employees who have made it clear they don't want to return? https://twitter.com/...
In the most effective organizations, working from home lets people be more productive. In the least effective, it's a synonym for not working. So the shift away from the office will magnify the spread between the most and least effective organizations.
Tech companies now “evolving their strategies” and pushing people back into office. Shockingly working from home 100% is not as productive for culture and mentoring. No one could have predicted this. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Microsoft to fully reopen its headquarters effective February 28th. Apple is likely hoping for a similar reopening point within the next few weeks. May be getting bit late in planning stage for in-person component for WWDC, but in-person September event should be on the table.
Details of our new right to request remote working law are now published. I want remote & hybrid working to be bigger part of life after #Covid. So long as business gets done and services to the public are not diminished, employers should facilitate it https://twitter.com/...
While at Apple, I fought for the ability to work remotely permanently. I had a lot of reasons, but first and foremost is my family's safety. My partner is immuno-compromised, and going back to the office meant putting his health at risk. (1/) https://twitter.com/...
🚨I wrote about immunocompromised people—what they've been through, their frustrations, and their hopes. This is a plea to think about those who don't get to be done with the pandemic, and to prioritize them as a matter of moral and medical urgency. 1/ https://www.theatlantic.com/…
This the essence of the return to office debate. In a well run organization, giving people 1.5-2 hours a day back instead of commuting is an obvious win. In a poorly run one, it means it's harder for managers to micro-manage & easier employees to goof off. WFH stance is a tell ht…
Another way to look at tech companies gobbling up commercial real estate is through an investment lens. Real estate works amid inflationary times and these companies have billions of dollars sitting around. https://www.techmeme.com/...
Would you want to go back, pay for gas/parking? This is bad for the environment & for some workers. Feels tone deaf to all we've been through in 2 years & what many of us have come to want out of our work lives. I want to pick up my kid from school, not sit in traffic. https://tw…
imagine spending the billions on employee salaries.. maybe employees would be able to afford to live close to the office & wouldn't mind coming in.. taking the money you have & buying soda streams to convince people to commute an hour each way isn't the best use of your surplus h…
I'm gonna keep saying this in the gentlest way possible. A lot of people want to return to the office. A lot. Yes there are many many people who prefer full time remote work. But it's not all or even close to all. The question of why companies also want this is a separate one. ht…
Are real estate developers and these other companies in cahoots of some sort? Why are they so adamant about not only returning to the office and paying office rent, but spending a bunch of extra $$ to lure employees who have made it clear they don't want to return? https://twitte…