Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever
[{"id": "fqf00pr", "text": "man, give me one reason to hate this jack dorsey guy. i love what he's done since i started following him after watching black mirror.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fqf37bz", "text": "I'll take this with a grain of salt. As soon as it's more profitable to have folks back in the office, this policy will change.", "replies": [{"id": "fqflluo", "text": "isn't it more profitable to not pay for an office and utilities?", "replies": [{"id": "fqfrmmn", "text": "Maybe, maybe not. Employee productivity is probably their biggest factor, way more than rent, so even a small dip in that would be way worse than paying rent, but my point wasn't that, just that any CEO will try anything to drive up their stock price, and if it means people staying home, it'll be that. If it means people commuting to an office (their health and safety be damned), it will mean that.", "replies": [{"id": "fqfvk6c", "text": "Correct. Also those who predict the death of the office often overlook the huge difference between having a team that knows each other well from a physical office starting to work remotely, vs. having a team who have never met except virtually. New hires who never physically met their coworkers would be at a huge disadvantage to those who worked together in person previously.", "replies": [{"id": "fqghtab", "text": "They also forget to factor in that a lot of employees at a certain level won't be productive if given the chance to only do the minimum - and will do just that at home.  7 hrs of Netflix - 1hr of work.", "replies": [{"id": "fqio3tz", "text": "Even if they are focused, they won't be getting that important informal mentoring that happens over lunches and times outside of scheduled zoom meetings.", "replies": [], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}, {"id": "fqgj2ov", "text": "My team has been the most productive during the last two months that we have been working at home than we have ever been. Granted, we are probably in the one industry and industry segment that is overwhelmed with work (Commercial and Commercial RE Banking)", "replies": [{"id": "fqhedik", "text": "I know it's a super popular thing to say workers are more productive at home. I don't buy it, but that's not my point. My point is that as soon as someone doesn't respond to an e-mail in a timely manner and a deal gets missed, their decisions will blow another way. They don't give a fuck about employee happiness or safety, only what nets them more profit in the immediate future.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fqf3eek", "text": "I doubt he\u2019ll say the same for his Square employees, who just moved into the old Sears building in Uptown Oakland (where Uber was supposed to move to)", "replies": [{"id": "fqgrh3o", "text": "Could be a security issue for the fintech? Idk.\nThanks for the details of location. Sears...", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fr5jp3l", "text": "He did actually:\n\nhttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/18/square-lets-employees-work-from-home-permanently.html", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fqg6j73", "text": "Will Twitter pay for all it's employees internet too?", "replies": [{"id": "fqg95lc", "text": "Do they pay for all their employees cars and gas and other commuting costs?", "replies": [{"id": "fqgjof0", "text": "Some do actually pay for parking passes and transit", "replies": [], "depth": 3}, {"id": "fqgjruy", "text": "And companies do pay for cell phones if you wanna go there.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fqgjqjt", "text": "Lol. They make bank.", "replies": [{"id": "fqgju4u", "text": "Yea they do. They still pay for stuff tho for their employees.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fqgbp95", "text": "I've been remote 2 months and honestly I'm done with it. I want to having meetings in person and socialize again. I think being remote is great if you're a contractor or self-employed but in a big Corp where you always work with many people in different functions, just doesn't work out great", "replies": [{"id": "fqgis7j", "text": "I've been working from home for a few years and it's depressing tbh. And I'm not even an extrovert.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fqgjs74", "text": "I think it's like 60% of us that like it. I'm loving it.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fqgk37c", "text": "I agree. I am going a bit nuts from being home all the time.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fqgmc89", "text": "I hate the 30 min commute and rush hour traffic", "replies": [{"id": "fqhefov", "text": "30 mins is a long commute?????", "replies": [{"id": "fqhr0o0", "text": "I use to do a 1.5 hr commute , if I hit traffics it\u2019s be 2 hours, 60 miles 1 way. Now it\u2019s 30 miles", "replies": [{"id": "fqhr0y8", "text": "60 miles is 96.56 km", "replies": [{"id": "fqhsgje", "text": "Ok?", "replies": [], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fqhd3w3", "text": "I think we\u2019ll see companies allowing a couple days of WFH weekly, but not many that go entirely remote. It may result in smaller spaces for offices though, because two people could share a workstation if they were in the office on different days. That way the company still saves some money on space, but also allows people to work together and have a company culture.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ft89g76", "text": "CRE is a boots on the ground business.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]