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Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by projektfu »

dhussoe wrote: post #112
projektfu wrote: post #47

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When you have a real LTR they become jealous of you being on it.

My relationship is quite long-term, it can almost get its learner's permit, and we use Instagram all the time to, like, share cute animal videos from the Explore/Reels screens to each other, share stories to our friends of whatever we're doing together, or not together, and see our friends' stories. idk if your partner is jealous of you using one of the top five social networking apps in the world that seems a little…

As long as you stay on a happy path, it's only like 5% thirst traps. But many people don't like it when those things are popping up in their SO's feed, so Instagram isn't good for those relationships.

I avoid it now mainly because I don't need infinite scrolling of anything. But a side benefit is that it can't provoke any jealousy.

Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by subulaz »

paxys wrote: post #88
mso3i wrote: post #67

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There is no tech leadership class. Things have to stay stable long enough for a leadership class to emerge. In tech that is not possible. They are just leaves in the wind.

Not true anymore. Every large tech company is now filled to the brim with career managers.

in case this is not sarcasm... tech managers != tech leaders.

most are one, some are neither, and a small minority are both. i have works for more than 20 tech managers in 30+ years, have managed technologists (ops, app-dev, network, infra, etc.) multiple times, and have hired and fired tech managers. i can count the genuine tech leaders+managers i've met on one hand. fewer around than ever nowadays.

Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by m_a_g »

saos wrote: post #43
m_a_g wrote: post #29

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The comment initially confused me, but after reading it twice, I completely agree with you. I would love to delete the app, but Instagram has really become the norm for dating and connecting with people. The opportunity cost of not using it in your 20s is significant. I hope to delete it once I’m fully settled, but that might not happen anytime soon given the modern dating culture. Sometimes, I wish I could live like…

> I would love to delete the app, but Instagram has really become the norm for dating and connecting with people Really??

In my social circles, at least, the answer is yes. I live in a major city with many people from diverse backgrounds. It might be different in areas where tech people make up the majority.

I know for a fact that I wouldn't have been invited to some parties or met some really fun people if I didn't have Instagram. You don't have to post or be very active; you just need to have an account.

Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by closeparen »

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #119
closeparen wrote: post #68

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I doubt it. A company that is doing RTO is also a company that is aggressively offshoring and expecting you to spend your early mornings/late nights on IST friendly calls. It's just a general turn against US-based software engineers as belts tighten and the balance of power in the labor market shifts.

The vast majority of American software companies worked from the office in 2019. I understand and acknowledge that some people advocated for remote work even then, but I don't understand this idea that CEOs disagreeing can only be explained by belt tightening and disrespect for engineers.

Working from the office was of a completely different nature in 2019 when your coworkers were also there. By scattering headcount around the world, tech executives have fully committed to distributed teams that communicate by video call. The question now is whether you join video calls from home, or from a "hub" that hosts a minority (or perhaps none) of their other participants.

There is no sign of a return to 2019 levels of Bay Area or even US share of headcount.

Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by tayo42 »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #48
paxys wrote: post #31

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And the employees most likely to quit will be ones with responsibilities that make it difficult to do the commute 5 days a week - kids to pick up from daycare, health issues to manage, a social life in the evenings, travel plans - basically the exact category that a company like Meta would want to replace with a younger, more exploitable bunch.

> And the employees most likely to quit will be ones with responsibilities that make it difficult to do the commute 5 days a week Or senior people who have a dozen offers waiting in their inbox that they've neglected responding to because they're reasonably happy where they are...until the prospect of commuting.

That's not how the job market is right now. There's like 5 companies in the world that can compete on compensation while allowing remote work with meta.

Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

misiek08 wrote: post #42
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #27

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You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what? Try and get in at someone else about to return to office? Freelance? IDK about anyone else, but I haven’t considered a contractor since AI Coding hit hard, I had poor experience with contractors anyhow, now I’m not sure I see the point of rolling those dice again. It’s kind of a soft market unless you are working directly on AI models. So, is thi…

We are observing the most valuable people leaving, because they easily can get a job at place where they care more about value you get to company than the bonus you will get as C-level after firing highly paid workers. In the cases we know (I have a group of people working in different small and medium corps in Poland and Germany) - the people that are staying are either too lazy to change work or they are just not e…

Ok, sweet deal if you are one of the most valuable employees in big tech. Sounds like a perk that many people would seek out.

Are you?

If yes, cool. If no, well, seems like you have rationalized that not everyone will get WFH regardless on your feelings about it

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Post by arthurjj »

kkolybacz wrote: post #16

"We're also offering the option to transfer from the MPK to SF office for those people whose commute would be the same or better with that change." So wait, you'll be able to switch offices even though your team might be in the second one? What's the benefit of working remote from your team but next to random, noisy people?

My RTO'd team of 13 is distributed across 3 office and not evenly distributed (8, 4, 1) so the probability of the person you need being in the same physical office is ~43% instead of the 0%. So overall it's better if you value in person and I say this as the 1

Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by dzonga »

ins't this the same guy who moved to london [0], just because he could control things better ?

or maybe the tide has changed from remote working so again the minions are pushed around!

[0] - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/instagram-boss-adam-mosseri-...

Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

op00to wrote: post #89
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #27

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You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what? Try and get in at someone else about to return to office? Freelance? IDK about anyone else, but I haven’t considered a contractor since AI Coding hit hard, I had poor experience with contractors anyhow, now I’m not sure I see the point of rolling those dice again. It’s kind of a soft market unless you are working directly on AI models. So, is thi…

This is the exact tech job market to start looking and have interviews/offers scheduled so you're not screwed when layoffs happen.

Ok, fair, but roundabout reasoning.

Your choice to leave makes it a certainty. A soft market mean uncertainty.

Re: Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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Post by nobodyandproud »

kkolybacz wrote: post #16

"We're also offering the option to transfer from the MPK to SF office for those people whose commute would be the same or better with that change." So wait, you'll be able to switch offices even though your team might be in the second one? What's the benefit of working remote from your team but next to random, noisy people?

It makes over-employment more difficult; it also makes unexpected North Korean employees less likely to slip in.
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