HousingJan 13, 2018
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Facebook WFH

With Bay Area commutes sucking as bad as they do, is it frowned upon to work from home 2 days per week at FB? I’m told either “depends on the team” or “no, they like people to be on campus and only wfh when absolutely needed.” Would like to hear from FB employees as to the general consensus. Thanks!

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Intel pleb Jan 13, 2018

Can't you avoid rush hours ? Usually tech companies have very flexible work hours. It's not a factory.

Oracle ClouDev Jan 13, 2018

You are right. It’s a golden cage.

AppDynamics aGCk73 Jan 14, 2018

Lots of folks live in East Bay. To avoid rush hours they need to leave after 10am, this would reduce commute time to 1 hour. Evening time, the commute is 1.5 hrs, cannot avoid it unless you are OK to leave after 8 pm. So, even though we have flexible schedule, these times are not exactly convenient.

Google YourVP Jan 13, 2018

Would like to know this too. It's easy to avoid morning rush hour, but not evening ones

Cisco FITUMI OP Jan 13, 2018

That’s another aspect - does it look bad if you wfh a couple hours in the morning to avoid morning rush hour, go in say about 10am, and leave at 4pm to hopefully beat the worst of the evening commute? Does that give people the impression you’re a slacker even if you’re getting your work done and putting in a couple hours at home in the morning?

Microsoft 🐙M🐙 Jan 13, 2018

From what I hear these are regular hours - without the wfh - at Google

Cisco FITUMI OP Jan 13, 2018

Haha

Facebook Breakthing Jan 13, 2018

Wednesday is a frequent work from home day for many people. A second day could be hard to pull off, due to meetings.

Cisco FITUMI OP Jan 13, 2018

Thanks for the reply

Facebook Elpm80 Jan 13, 2018

I work out of SEA office and wfh at least 1 day a week, usually 2 or more though depending on meeting schedules. Can vc for most meetings though.

Facebook observerX Jan 14, 2018

We highly recommend working from home over the weekends :)

Cisco FITUMI OP Jan 14, 2018

No thanks. :)