It was a snooze fest because it was overproduced and lacked emotion.
Keeping things running and being competitive worldwide are two very different things. I’ve worked in both environments, and based on my experience, the companies that require employees to work in an office, even if just for 3 days/week, will win.A lot of ancient relics in here. Some of corporate America has learned absolutely nothing over the past 18 months apparently. Let’s get back to the wasteful and unnecessary commuting to an office building everyday. WFH employees kept your businesses running and profitable during the last year and a half!
Maybe, some. But there are also people who don’t want to endanger their loved ones by returning to an unsafe workplace.
Employer: Here are the job requirements, do you agree and want this job?
Yeah this thread has been a massive eye-opener. I was -so- expecting to see sense prevail and most people to be siding with the workforce. Having been at least half work-from-home over the last 4 years, and then having had it for most of last year, along with everyone else, and seeing the benefits to everyone in terms of productivity and mood, I struggle to see the deterrents. Why go out of your way now to ensure an unhappy team?A lot of ancient relics in here. Some of corporate America has learned absolutely nothing over the past 18 months apparently. Let’s get back to the wasteful and unnecessary commuting to an office building everyday. WFH employees kept your businesses running and profitable during the last year and a half!
Exactly this. Outsourcing was huge in the early 2000s, at least until all the projects started blowing up and failing. In my company, it matured into offshoring where we setup development centers in cheaper locations like Prague which has tons of high quality talent. But that's not something that happens over night, nor on an individual employee basis. And you have to have a large enough population for the costs to make sense. For an idea, my company has more than 10k tech employees.
Median sale price of Bay Area houses increased by 38.9% between May 2020 and May 2021 [1].
I think this is totally the point.
Everyone needs to keep in mind that the spaceship only holds about 12,000 employees - Apple is globally about 150,000.
And you know all people working from home do this how? I can barely even listen to music or podcasts. I am in meetings all day - meetings I would still be in if I was at the office, training, coaching and more. No TV anywhere in my office. So please, show me stats of people just logging in to work and watching TV. If your work has a problem with productivity, it is the EMPLOYEE that is the issue, not the work from home policy.
They could work there before Covid, and they can work there again post-Covid.
I kind of wonder how many of them are relics, and how many of them are just younger and don't have the option to work from home, so they don't feel anyone else should get that either. That or they don't have the experience or worth to the company that allows them to negotiate perks from a position of a valued employee that the company doesn't want to lose.A lot of ancient relics in here. Some of corporate America has learned absolutely nothing over the past 18 months apparently. Let’s get back to the wasteful and unnecessary commuting to an office building everyday. WFH employees kept your businesses running and profitable during the last year and a half!
Careful with this. Many people will say that watercooler talk is ESSENTIAL to business and innovative ideas!
Back to work!
Tell that to all of the companies, like Apple, who invested tons of money in office space. I’m not saying that isn’t antiquated, I’m saying you can’t just flip a switch.
I wish I can work from home 2 out of 5 days a week. Apple should measure their productivity pre and post pandemic and fire the ones not performing as they should and still want to work from home their way. There are a lot of young graduate / people waiting (wanting) to work.
Apple has made it clear that most of its employees will not be able to work remotely on a permanent basis, but that isn't stopping some corporate staff from continuing to push for more relaxed remote working rules, reports Recode.
In a new petition that went out this week, employees are asking Apple to allow employees to work from home on a more permanent basis. Apple has agreed to a hybrid work schedule that will require employees to come into the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, with the option of working remotely on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Some employees are not happy with this arrangement because it requires that they continue to live in the areas near Apple's campuses, which are expensive. Housing prices in Cupertino where Apple's two main campuses are located start at over $1 million.
In June, employees sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking for a more flexible approach, which prompted a reply from Apple's VP of people, Deirdre O'Brien. She said that in-person collaboration is "essential" to Apple's culture and future.
The second letter going around this week suggests two "pilot arrangements" that would give employees an opportunity to work remotely for at least one year. Under the proposal, employees would be able to work remotely five days a week with the approval of their manager or department head, and in some cases, with a cost-of-living compensation adjustment. The letter also complains that it is too early to return to the office, with the full text available below.Apple employees maintain a Slack channel with more than 6,000 members where they have been discussing Apple's remote work policies and where the two petitions have been drafted from. Last week, employees complained to The Verge that Apple has been cracking down on remote work policies and approving fewer remote work requests following the hybrid model announcement.
Approximately 10 people from the Slack channel have claimed they are planning to quit if forced to return from the office, and it's likely that number is larger as not all employees participate in the channel.
Many tech companies in the Bay Area where Apple is located have gone fully remote or are offering more expansive work from home options for their employees. Google and Facebook, for example, are letting some employees work remotely on a permanent basis.
In Santa Clara County where Apple's Apple Park and Infinite Loop campuses are located, there is once again a mask recommendation, which is not yet a mandate. Employees are correct that Delta variant cases are ramping up in California, which does have the potential to impact Apple's September return plans.
Article Link: Apple Employees Continue to Fight Return to Campuses and Push for Better Remote Working Options
