Most employees of NYT won’t be required back in physical offices until 2021

Post by ghaff » Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 5:26 PM UTC

momokoko wrote: post #109

Get ready for a wave of outsourcing of everything from tech to bpo like the US labor market has never seen in the coming 6 months. Once employers go through the initial pain of setting up remote work, the more than 50%(and sometimes as much as 80%) cost savings will be irresistible. If you are not in government, healthcare, or other industry that does not have legal requirements to maintain a US presence and you work…

Post by donohoe » Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 5:33 PM UTC

jmalicki wrote: post #25

elicash wrote: post #19

Here's a photo of the newsroom so you can get a sense of the degree to which they work in proximity: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/12/18/opinion/sunday/18...

So unlike a modern tech company, they sit farther apart and at least have barriers between their desks?

Post by bobthepanda » Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 5:35 PM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #131

momokoko wrote: post #109

Get ready for a wave of outsourcing of everything from tech to bpo like the US labor market has never seen in the coming 6 months. Once employers go through the initial pain of setting up remote work, the more than 50%(and sometimes as much as 80%) cost savings will be irresistible. If you are not in government, healthcare, or other industry that does not have legal requirements to maintain a US presence and you work…

Eh, companies have had this option and many have engineering offices in lower cost of living countries long before the current situation. There are a lot of reasons for companies to hire in the US. What wouldn't surprise me though if/when remote becomes a bigger chunk of certain types of jobs, is if salaries across US regions equalize more given that local labor market rates become less of a factor for setting salari…

Post by kevin_thibedeau » Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 5:36 PM UTC

throwaway894345 wrote: post #106

claudeganon wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe if we had a functioning welfare state, the government would be encouraged to respond to a pandemic appropriately so as not to overwhelm its resources. Scandinavia seems to be doing better than the US at the moment. As it stands, it looks like the US is using its lack of a social floor to force people back to work under unsafe conditions, regardless of whether that’s rational or necessary, which will result in m…

This is true in the same way that if a homeless person had a million dollars he might not be homeless. The trick is how to get a functioning welfare state when your government is fundamentally broken. Note that the even the CDC failed spectacularly at its primary job; its literal raison d'etre. You can criticize that the CDC lacked funding, but that is wrong[^1] and it misses the point: not being able to properly fun…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #69

conanbatt wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've worked remotely most my life but as a new parent...I really want an office.

As a (not quite so new) parent I really want a coworking space that's a five minute walk from my apartment. That way I can do school dropoffs and pickups so much more easily. In my dreams expanded remote work means lots more coworking spaces popping up. I know, I'm a dreamer...