[HN Gopher] Why We'll Stay Remote
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       Why We'll Stay Remote
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2023-08-05 18:58 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | warning26 wrote:
       | It's good to see them adopting a stance instead of weird half-
       | measures.
       | 
       | Remote vs in-office tends to get wrapped up in all kinds of
       | narratives: it's a thrilling tale of the Evil Corporatocracy vs
       | the Common Man, or perhaps it's the Future of Work, or even a
       | dark conspiracy driven by Big Real Estate.
       | 
       | The fact is, it all comes down to personal preference: some
       | people like WFH and some prefer in-office. It's best that
       | companies pick one and stick with it, so people can work in
       | whichever environment they prefer.
        
       | phnofive wrote:
       | > However, if I know anything about high performing teams, it's
       | that you need to have mutual trust (which breeds psychological
       | safety), and a shared model of what success looks like (metrics
       | anyone?). Without these you're going to struggle to produce
       | results office or no office.
       | 
       | Hear, hear.
       | 
       | Note that these points are interdependent: Staff must trust
       | management will collaborate and iterate on metrics, and
       | management must trust employees will not game the metrics. If
       | those things are true, then success measured against those
       | metrics (that flows into business health and employee rewards)
       | will reinforce mutual trust. The opposite is true, too.
        
       | ecf wrote:
       | > There's been a major U-turn in people's attitudes towards
       | remote this year
       | 
       | No there hasn't. Saying there has is just falling for executive
       | corp-think.
        
         | SOLAR_FIELDS wrote:
         | Anecdata: the previously "remote first always" startup I work
         | for has recently started to backpedal on that and target onsite
         | hiring. So at least in VC land there seems to be push from
         | investors to shift more to hybrid or onsite
        
         | steve_adams_86 wrote:
         | I've been slowly perusing the job market since May or so, and
         | the number of remote jobs in the area I'm looking has certainly
         | decreased. I wouldn't call it a U-turn either though... The
         | opportunities are still orders of magnitude better than even 5
         | years ago. From that perspective, we're still way ahead (for
         | those of us who want these opportunities, at least).
        
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