(The move led to like two straight years of TAKES about office culture and the future that only ended about five years ago.)
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Seven years ago Yahoo revoked remote work and ordered hundreds of workers to move near a company office or lose their jobs. I keep thinking about the ones who quit and what they’re thinking about now https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/feb/25/yahoo-chief-bans-working-home …https://twitter.com/robaeprice/status/1263249855025045505 …
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Also you will not be surprised to learn that there is far less reporting about how many eventually did move than there was about the announcement itself.
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Yes, I remember the Yahoo thing well - Yahoo came to a lot forks in the road the last 20yrs - seems like they chose wrong 95% of the time. So tech workers find the Bat Area tough - wow. The housing shortage is the tip of the iceberg? That is sad b/c the area is so wonderful.
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It really is gorgeous.
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20 years ago I aske
@Dell if I could#WorkFromHome 2 days a week after my son was born. I was told no, it wasn’t the Dell way. Times have really changed. As has my office :)pic.twitter.com/l5H37v2Qs3
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dang that office!!
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Ugh yes...hopefully they’re happily employed (remotely) somewhere. The same thing happened at IBM, btw—the longtime champion of distributed teams. Someone I know had to relo to another region just to keep their prev remote job.
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