Interested to know.
Haven't heard our plan. Best guess is a hybrid, although I personally negotiated permanent WFH before starting my current position
Are you at TTi in Anderson SC?
Hopefully I can get an exception to be remote. Seen a couple reports on the Google channel that it's possible.
Can you share how this is possible? Level dependent or just team?
Indeed is going with: Any of these options are valid 1. Work from office all days 2. Flex working - 1-4 days a week 3. Remote - WFH permanently Anyone working remote will be pegged to the remote pay band. Which is the same as Austin pay band. Flex and office location working gets you the pay band by location. Available to everyone in engineering. For CS, Sales and operations this is not an option.
If you are top talent it’s always been possible to get 100% wfh. Hybrid by default is the right answer I think.
I got an email from my orgs leadership about how wfh is harder for women than men, so I expect they are already working on every approach possible to get us back in the office.
Why is it harder for women?
Oh I didn’t actually read it. It’s just bullshit so they can argue we’re sexist if we don’t work in the office. The rumor mill is that the head of HR is pushing anti-remote policies. Not just in favor of in office work, but trying to take the choice away from managers altogether.
We can remote forever if we want
Nothing official yet, but likely a few days a week, alternating schedules of who is in when so it’s not everyone at once - or just for particular meetings. They’ve also said they wouldn’t force anyone to come in who isn’t comfortable doing so. Essential workers and high execs are already back, at least a few days a week.
Remember when IBM embraced remote work for decades but then let go a bunch of people who couldn’t relocate to a “hub”?
Remote from anywhere
I don’t really want to work from home so anything is ok.
then you don’t want remote only, e. g. Dropbox
Do you ask for most common option or all allowed options? For Microsoft the default option is "some days in office" but you also can get an approval for "no days in office" as well as you will be welcome to come to the office every day.
Depends on the manager ofcourse things are painted rosy by CVPs and marketing. My manager joined between covid and is already annoyed they cannot micromanage us in person! And has on many occasions expressed interest to work from office and frustrations on not being able to do so.
@chmichanga, your manager can go to the office even now. But reports don't have to, that's right.