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That Vox article that OP posted keeps quoting a software engineer. Software engineers are notoriously socially awkward, are usually introverted, and often have little willingness to understand how other departments work together. Also, software engineers aren’t the ones coming up with the product ideas or features. Product ideas are made by a team of creative thinkers, and this type of thinking doesn’t happen in neatly-buttoned-up Zoom calls.
Last week the New York Times reviewed the iPhone 13 as “the most incremental upgrade ever.” There’s Apple’s proof. The results of remote collaboration are clear — it’s adequate for simply getting the job done, but not for doing anything insanely great.
If you want to blow away your competition, you want to have your best thinkers physically near each other so they can bounce ideas off each other naturally. This link shows how Apple came up with ideas pre-pandemic. https://www.designorate.com/how-does-apples-design-process-work/
PwC 2. I’ll say it straight. I’ve been doing this for over 20 years and I’ve worked with many, many devs and engineers. They are mostly of a certain personality type, and think in a certain way. This is why they are excellent at coding and building. But not so great in managing creative teams or looking at the big picture, or talking to the C-suite. The few engineers and devs that are exceptions also tend to be good at math.....and find out that being a director pays way more, and therefore leave the role of engineer or dev. So this makes the general pool of engineers and devs stay consistent. Which is a group of talented engineers and devs. Not a group of creative leads and designers.
I know an engineer at Apple and he made the point that there are literally tens of thousands of people who work at Apple and with that number, there will always be people who are unhappy with something. The majority is fine with their policy. The noise is from a loud minority.
I read a story once about a guy who lived next to a F-18 pilot who would complain about having to train for air shows. Dude operated one of the most advanced pieces of equipment and the world and still found a reason to complain. There’s always going to be someone who is unhappy with every situation.
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Cool, maybe I have a shot now 😂
I was thinking the same LOL 😂
Maybe I’m the minority here but 3 days in the office post pandemic sounds pretty prime to me
They paid so many billions for that space ship of an office, so they want people to use it.
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Apple will be fine. Smaller companies trying to emulate this policy might be in trouble.
☝️theyre mandating everyone be in the office at least 3 days a week when the office re-opens
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/recode/22690190/apple-remote-work-from-home-employee-cher-scarlett-janneke-parrish
They banned remote work, as in being 100% remote. Who hurt you @Principal1?
Truth is, not many people are cut out for remote work. SURE, they will SAY they are more productive but, it's not true. They say it because they want to be paid to stay at home. I managed a remote workforce for years - not many were successful.
Apple has always been anti-remote, and they doubled down when the Spaceship opened. They can get away with it because they're Apple; even their workforce thinks like an elite cult.
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Apple banned remote work?
That's a great image of a typical tech recruiter, though ...