There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
1–10 of 96 posts
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#2I wonder how those applications translate into applicants?
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#3>Indeed, as reported by The Washington Post, 50% of job applications on LinkedIn last month were for remote work positions, despite the fact that from-home postings made up just 15% of the listings on the site.
This doesn't actually tell us anything nor did the source linked in the article clarify further.
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#4This is a bold claim made on a very shaky set of data. Most companies aren't going to explicitly post jobs for remote, just because a lot of talent management platforms don't really support it well. I think the goto is to post the job as available in every location the company has an office, and see what the applicant wants to do.
Of course employers want people to come back. They have millions if not billions of dollars in real estate liabilities that are effectively useless. As an aside, I wonder if there is some clever way to get a tax write off for office space that went unused due to a global pandemic - or writing off an office entirely as a loss.
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#5What is a “LinkedIn”?
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#6>Indeed, as reported by The Washington Post, 50% of job applications on LinkedIn last month were for remote work positions, despite the fact that from-home postings made up just 15% of the listings on the site. This doesn't actually tell us anything nor did the source linked in the article clarify further.
And if you're looking for work, you apply to the in-person jobs near you or near where you'd be willing to live, and you can apply to every single remote job anywhere that looks decent.
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#7What is a “LinkedIn”?
Yours is an enviable existence.
For real though if you aren’t aware- it’s a social media platform for work(ing ‘professionals’).
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#8What is a “LinkedIn”?
Yours is an enviable existence. For real though if you aren’t aware- it’s a social media platform for work(ing ‘professionals’).
What a kind/just way to open, haha. I thought, 'how does one not know about this, but knows HN?'... in less kind terms.
Seriously musha68k, steer clear - Facebook but with even weirder content
A lot of things like 'I ignored my family for work' with applauding
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#9This is a bold claim made on a very shaky set of data. Most companies aren't going to explicitly post jobs for remote, just because a lot of talent management platforms don't really support it well. I think the goto is to post the job as available in every location the company has an office, and see what the applicant wants to do. Of course employers want people to come back. They have millions if not billions of dol…
> I think the goto is to post the job as available in every location the company has an office, and see what the applicant wants to do.
Yep. I started a job early this year and the job posting said it was in person but I'm the only one on my team in my state. My manager just didn't have company approval to post a remote position but the fact that there's an office near me gave her the ability to hire me. Now that I'm employed, it's a fairly easy process to switch to remote if I want. I personally just use the office space like a wework so haven't applied to be remote but it's definitely an option.
Re: There aren't enough remote jobs to go around
#10This is a bold claim made on a very shaky set of data. Most companies aren't going to explicitly post jobs for remote, just because a lot of talent management platforms don't really support it well. I think the goto is to post the job as available in every location the company has an office, and see what the applicant wants to do. Of course employers want people to come back. They have millions if not billions of dol…
> Of course employers want people to come back. They have millions if not billions of dollars in real estate liabilities that are effectively useless.
If employers able to get productive work out of employees who aren't using that real estate, the real problem is getting the real estate costs off their books, not getting the butts back in seats in some arbitrary office location.
This is a problem for landlords, not employers.