The company’s WFH strategy boosted job applications and worker fulfillment.
Yelp says going all in on remote work boosted job applications by 43% and led to a more satisfied workforce::The company’s WFH strategy boosted job applications and worker fulfillment.
Yes, there are clear benefits to working in person. If one can’t see that, I’d say that person has social issues. I could go on…
BUT, WFH is clearly a better solution all in all. Better for employee mental health, better for the environment, all that and more.
My company (software dev) seems to be navigating this well. We’re leaning heavily on hiring people local to our remaining office. One person is required to come in, Tuesday-Thursday, and that’s what we hired them for, a warm body in the office to assist. For the work I do, I need someone around to accept deliveries and help around.
While no one else is mandated to come in, it’s nice that they can. Teams meet up, get to know each other, work together briefly, etc., good for morale. We’re social animals, we benefit by socializing. This should be obvious, but lemmy tells me otherwise.
One time I was hanging around the office, wanted to meet a user to fix their SSD. Couple of other folks were there, no one on my team. Shooting the bull with the CSR manager I learned a useful thing I didn’t know! Couple of devs sitting in front of me were talking about a thing my team was confused about. “Hold up! So what’s the deal with that?” Wouldn’t have thought to ask them otherwise. Talking to another guy I became aware of some new tech I didn’t know about.
Picture this: I have two people wanting me to help them, both asks being equal. One I know personally, the other I’ve only seen on Zoom. First guy came to my wedding, the other I haven’t seen since I onboarded them. Who you think I’m helping first?
Story I related to senior management, including the CEO, while having dinner one night. Poster on reddit claimed to be a tech recruiter. This guy kept a list of local companies mandating RTO. He went after them on LinkedIn for remote work, “Like shooting fish in a barrel.” LOL, half our staff, the best half, would walk if RTO was mandated.
My old company saw this in the first 3 months of the COVID lockdown and immediately sold their building which they’d bought less than a year before. This isn’t rocket science.
Yep, when it still had some value. It was a great location with a view over Lake Washington near South Lake Union in Seattle too. That was during the run of a few years that the SLT was maki g good choices which ended this last year and resulted in some layoffs including myself. It was nice while it lasted lol.
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Love that these companies are seeing the writing on the wall, finally. Only 10 years behind schedule but it’s better than never I guess.
Yes, there are clear benefits to working in person. If one can’t see that, I’d say that person has social issues. I could go on…
BUT, WFH is clearly a better solution all in all. Better for employee mental health, better for the environment, all that and more.
My company (software dev) seems to be navigating this well. We’re leaning heavily on hiring people local to our remaining office. One person is required to come in, Tuesday-Thursday, and that’s what we hired them for, a warm body in the office to assist. For the work I do, I need someone around to accept deliveries and help around.
While no one else is mandated to come in, it’s nice that they can. Teams meet up, get to know each other, work together briefly, etc., good for morale. We’re social animals, we benefit by socializing. This should be obvious, but lemmy tells me otherwise.
One time I was hanging around the office, wanted to meet a user to fix their SSD. Couple of other folks were there, no one on my team. Shooting the bull with the CSR manager I learned a useful thing I didn’t know! Couple of devs sitting in front of me were talking about a thing my team was confused about. “Hold up! So what’s the deal with that?” Wouldn’t have thought to ask them otherwise. Talking to another guy I became aware of some new tech I didn’t know about.
Picture this: I have two people wanting me to help them, both asks being equal. One I know personally, the other I’ve only seen on Zoom. First guy came to my wedding, the other I haven’t seen since I onboarded them. Who you think I’m helping first?
Story I related to senior management, including the CEO, while having dinner one night. Poster on reddit claimed to be a tech recruiter. This guy kept a list of local companies mandating RTO. He went after them on LinkedIn for remote work, “Like shooting fish in a barrel.” LOL, half our staff, the best half, would walk if RTO was mandated.
My old company saw this in the first 3 months of the COVID lockdown and immediately sold their building which they’d bought less than a year before. This isn’t rocket science.
Heh, rocket surgery.
Smart they sold it early
Yep, when it still had some value. It was a great location with a view over Lake Washington near South Lake Union in Seattle too. That was during the run of a few years that the SLT was maki g good choices which ended this last year and resulted in some layoffs including myself. It was nice while it lasted lol.
Jobs that can be done from home, should be. Make life easier for the people who do have to commute
Just for the reduced co2 emissions, we should be doing wfh whenever possible. Also, fuck Hollywood for abandoning steaming release movies.
Also would save a lot on road maintenance
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Not sure if anyone is using it but let me tell you I’m going to be checking out their careers page tomorrow morning.
I use it constantly. Wouldn’t say that puts you behind the curve though. 😁