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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My company has an interesting strategy. We're mainly hiring people local to our office (closed the others), but no one is required to go in. Hell, I've been told a few times, "You ordered $thing and no one was there to receive it. Can you check from now on?"

This way, if we want to pull a team together for a minute, we can. Most folks know each other, if even from a brief visit, and that works out better. Lemmy bags on in-person relationships, psychology be damned. 🤷🏻‍♂️

But if we ever mandated a return to the office? LOL no. Our top talent would walk and we'd be left with the dregs who can't find a better job.

[–] beefsquatch 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Co-located but remote does sound like a good combination

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Kind of how I thought wework would be a good model with remote work.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Our top talent would walk and we'd be left with the dregs who can't find a better job.

Yuuuuuuup. This is exactly what's happening at my job right now, after they mandated at least three in-office days per week. Only the top people are leaving, too; the chaff and the bums love it, because they no longer have to produce, rather they just have to be seen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s sounds like a great model. I’ve been working remotely for about a decade. One of the reasons is because I can tap into a larger job market than if I stuck to just local companies.

While I would love to have a job where I could meet up in person with coworkers for the day, there are just so many more opportunities with remote companies.

You really found a great sweet spot between remote and in-person!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My job was in person until the pandemic hit. I was sure I'd hate remote working, but it turns out that I love it and I'm way more productive than I was in the office. (No coworkers stopping by to chat for one thing.) My job has now moved to the parent company which is about 10 hours away from me so I now permanently work from home. No expectation that I ever come into the office. (There's no way I'd do that commute!)

A few times, I was unsure of my job's future stability and looked around. Being a web developer shifting technologies while at 48 can feel really unstable. You're too old for many people. You don't have deep experience with specific technologies. It's frightening to think that I could age out of my job two decades before retirement.

My local job market isn't great, but work from home means that I can look nationwide (or further if I want) if need be. It gives me a lot more options and doesn't mean I have to uproot my family and travel halfway around the country just to have a job. (Something that I couldn't do for various reasons.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My job was in person until the pandemic hit. I was sure I'd hate remote working, but it turns out that I love it and I'm way more productive than I was in the office. (No coworkers stopping by to chat for one thing.) My job has now moved to the parent company which is about 10 hours away from me so I now permanently work from home. No expectation that I ever come into the office. (There's no way I'd do that commute!)

A few times, I was unsure of my job's future stability and looked around. Being a web developer shifting technologies while at 48 can feel really unstable. You're too old for many people. You don't have deep experience with specific technologies. It's frightening to think that I could age out of my job two decades before retirement.

My local job market isn't great, but work from home means that I can look nationwide (or further if I want) if need be. It gives me a lot more options and doesn't mean I have to uproot my family and travel halfway around the country just to have a job. (Something that I couldn't do for various reasons.)