Comment by marcus_holmes

Comment by marcus_holmes 4 days ago

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The people who are there to solve interesting problems quit [0]. The people who are there for the cash stay.

The vast majority of any large organisation are in the second category, so your statement is 100% correct.

Whether the organisation loses something because the first category leaves, is open to debate. I think they would.

[0] because they now have the experience (and option at other organisations) of working from home full-time, which reduces their exposure to corporate bullshit and pointless meetings.

srockets 3 days ago

It’s a job, if you’re not there for the pay, you’re also hurting every other worker by reducing the market price for similar labor.

The people who are there to “solve interesting problems” are there to do so for pay. But, they can also get paid by other employers, who can offer more sensible employment terms.

dnissley 4 days ago

To be fair not all people who are there to solve interesting problems prefer remote, so they would only lose some subset of those folks.

  • consteval 3 days ago

    Even if you don't "prefer" remote, the sheer cost savings of gaining an hour or two a day (or the cost savings of lower cost of living) is pretty hard to deny.

    • dnissley 2 days ago

      My commute is ~15 mins each way fwiw. I do pay a premium to live nearby, but that is what the high compensation is for. Not even close to all of the extra compensation is eaten up by rent increase though.