Zillow's CEO is warning that the future of work/wfh where those who come into the office are viewed as better employees
Feb 15, 2021
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#remotework #wfh
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/hybrid-work-models-could-hurt-remote-workers-zillow-ceo-warns-2021-2%3famp
Anyone else think that working totally remotely will hurt their careers in the long run?
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Truth: it won’t impact your career. Good companies would have processes in place to ensure productivity and measuring contributions. Reality is unless you physically sit next to everyone you work with then you work remote (aka via a computer)
The same thing will happen with remote workers. Very soon it'll be considered ridiculous to discriminate against fully remote workers.
You work with white males? Wow, I'm like the only one in my org. You must not be in a technical role.
Maybe "discrimination" is not the right word, "exclusion" is better, but I'm not sure it would convey my message.
@Bananamaus, oh come on. I didn't add "Asian" because in the current world all companies are actively fighting discrimination.
At Microsoft there are already talks on how to make sure the remote colleagues are included and can deliver at full capacity. Let's see how it goes. But it reminds me a lot of other things on diversity and inclusion. Discrimination/exclusion not necessarily based on gender, race, etc., it can also be religion, lifestyle (e.g., having kids or not) and many other things. Likely, in the near future it will include preference to work fully remotely.
Productivity and engineering accumen is essential and required. In addition to that, trust is also a relevant factor.
One can certainly build trust in different ways but being authentic, getting to know the person, what they like, what they don't like, their passions and challenges, do help a lot to any team. Lunches allow one to focus on a 1-1 conversation covering these. Most companies have 1-1s but I find lunches to be more human, natural and fun.
Source: know a fair number of colleagues who did it, and get job offers from my old network in my hometown to do the same. Seriously questioning why I haven't done it yet.