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Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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Mandates? "Since last June, Google has approved nearly 14,000 employees globally to transfer to a new location or go fully remote, Casey said. About 15% of applications have been denied, he added." "Employees not prepared to return April 4 also can seek a remote-work extension, Google said."

That doesnt make for good clickbait tho

Headlines lack nuance, news at 11. But, since the quote lumps relocations in with remote work, it's hard to say how applicable it is to the headline.

Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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I work for a large company, and my team has changed so much since before covid. Before Covid: 5 people in the same New York office, 1 remote in Europe Today: 2 in New York, 2 in California, 1 in Ohio, 1 in Europe There is no single office to return to. Though we could meet up with other coworkers on different teams and projects. But in essence we've become a remote team. Has anyone else's teams become geographically…

Yes, similar situation at the startup I work for (which has also more than doubled in headcount since Covid started). The distributedness genie can’t be put back in the bottle now, which has significant pros and cons. It does make a lot of things less efficient, but on the other hand, it also lets us hire good people who don’t necessarily want to relocate to NYC.

Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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this is only for those who have opted to not be fully remote. those folks have a reserved physical desk / office space at which they will be required to go 3 days per week starting apr 4th. They may switch to fully remote but cannot keep a dedicated physical spot if they do so. source: googler

does going remote impact one's salary?

Depends. Pay is based on location and is the same for in-office at location X or fully remote at location X. Relocating could impact pay up or down.

https://www.vox.com/recode/22691275/googles-remote-work-home...

Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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Mandates? "Since last June, Google has approved nearly 14,000 employees globally to transfer to a new location or go fully remote, Casey said. About 15% of applications have been denied, he added." "Employees not prepared to return April 4 also can seek a remote-work extension, Google said."

i see your point but the language used actually suggests theyll be bringing people back in the future, even if they allow them to work remote now. "employees not prepared to return"? "remote work extension"? and transfers?

You mean the language used by the website that gets paid for you to click on it?

Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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I work for a large company, and my team has changed so much since before covid. Before Covid: 5 people in the same New York office, 1 remote in Europe Today: 2 in New York, 2 in California, 1 in Ohio, 1 in Europe There is no single office to return to. Though we could meet up with other coworkers on different teams and projects. But in essence we've become a remote team. Has anyone else's teams become geographically…

that's just for now, shelf-life for most employees is like 2 years anyway.. a few years of hiring should sort out the problem

Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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I see two reasons to go back to the office: 1. You need a physical space to work from. 2. Your entire team is at the office as well and you can collaborate with them face to face. I imagine 1 is not a concern for most people who have adapted to the situation over the last two years. And 2 requires that most of your team is local and agrees to come in as well, which I can't see being too likely. For me personally goin…

Lot of people saying they don't see the status quo returning in a thread about the status quo returning.

Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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Mandates? "Since last June, Google has approved nearly 14,000 employees globally to transfer to a new location or go fully remote, Casey said. About 15% of applications have been denied, he added." "Employees not prepared to return April 4 also can seek a remote-work extension, Google said."

A mandate which allows temporary exceptions is still a mandate.

If you apply to go fully remote, that's not temporary.

Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

does going remote impact one's salary?

Yes, it's based on where you work. Though you can work remote from the same city as your current office and have no pay difference.

Can you go remote within commute distance of the office and keep your salary? What's the limit?

Living in Pleasanton is cheaper than living in Mountain View, but still commutable. Living in Tracy is cheaper still and people still commute to the Bay Area from there. Living in Fresno or Sacramento is even cheaper and farther but still some people will do that commute daily.

Re: Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

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Commute sucks. Anything above 30min for one way is unbearable.

I used to do 1h30m each way to and from work, five days a week before COVID :)

Does that include time it takes to park, walk to office, hop on elevator, and set up desk for the day. That can add a bit of time.
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