Question about WFH policies at Google.

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hdiebc

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hdiebc
Oct 12, 2021 20 Comments

I’m curious what Google employees are being told about the future of WFH or WFA. Considering a role but if I need to be tied to an office (by the way what are people hearing about the Google Village being built in downtown SJ? Can anyone work from there?) then it would change my near term plans to buy a home somewhere in the Bay Area. TC $430k

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  • Google
    LilStimmy🤑

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    LilStimmy🤑
    Besides an annual 1 month remote work allowance, the WFH is fake. You need manager++ approval and it’s not given out easily.
    Oct 12, 2021 10
  • Google
    🦑dive deep

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    🦑dive deep
    For now you can work anywhere in your country, regardless of your official location. You can reserve desks at any open office in your country. Officially RTO will end in January but there’s very little belief among Googlers that it’ll actually happen.

    There is an official process for requesting to work permanently from another office or to go fully remote once you join the team. It’s potentially a good thing to ask about during team matching - ask questions like whether people on their team have changed location or gone fully remote, to get a sense of whether the manager is supportive.

    Being brand new does make it less likely that you’ll get approved for full remote, especially if you’re L3, but I expect there will still be plenty of time before we RTO anyway.

    Basically my recommendation is to join first and then apply for remote when you are established on the team, as long as you’re ok with the (relatively low in my opinion) risk of RTO happening in the meantime.
    Oct 12, 2021 4
  • Google
    hbGk72

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    hbGk72
    WFH requires leadership approval, but I've yet to see any requests denied. For most orgs it's just a rubber stamp. If you want remote you can have it.

    That said, only about 10% have chosen remote.
    Oct 15, 2021 0
  • Sony / Other
    peanutpay

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    peanutpay
    go for FB if you wanna work remotely
    Oct 12, 2021 0
  • Curious op, if Apple is changing their tune at all? Is there much wfh for Apple in sw related roles ?
    Oct 12, 2021 1