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Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Re: Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Post by cosmodisk »

clarry wrote: post #78
jackschultz wrote: post #12

I'm a remote worker and I've found it hard to say something positive about the virus, but having companies be more ok with remote workers and (hopefully) finding work still gets done can mean more remote possibilities overall. For me, that's a good thing.

It's also possible that (too many) people treat this thing as a temporary distraction, throw their hands up in the air, and don't even try to be seriously productive; blame the conditions for no work getting done. Kinda like "github is down and I'm compiling and there's a group of visitors in the office..." So it might kinda backfire on that front.

The same rules apply: if company can't measure work and its outcomes, there's no hope for this to work. I It is easier for some,while harder for other jobs, however it's not impossible.But I do agree that there migh be some attempts to just have an easy time at home

Re: Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Post by lonelappde »

axaxs wrote: post #37
minhaz23 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I saw someone mention that whats to stop them from getting comfortable with remote workerse and then hiring cheaper labor from the next state over, inevitably taking advantage of skilled international yet cheap labor, remotely?

If the next country produces similar results, then who cares? If this brings a great awakening in companies overpaying engineers, so be it. I expect to be paid for my knowledge and experience, not because I need to afford an apartment in the valley.

It's great that people outside SV have an opportunity to earn money. It's not great that putting the prole employees in fiercer competition funnels more money to wealthiest monopolist capital owners.

Re: Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Post by lonelappde »

aprdm wrote: post #25
minhaz23 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I saw someone mention that whats to stop them from getting comfortable with remote workerse and then hiring cheaper labor from the next state over, inevitably taking advantage of skilled international yet cheap labor, remotely?

You producing a better value for the company than the "cheap labor" from the next state or country.

The point if that if remote works than most onsite employeea likely are *not".

Re: Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Post by znpy » 

  Shopify did not respond to Business Insider's request
  for comment. It's unclear if whether the $1,000 amount
  is a bonus employees will see in their paychecks, or 
  whether workers will need to expense the items they
  purchase.
Does it make any actual difference? Yes, it could theoretically impact somebody's tax bracket, but do we need that level of detail?

Also someone is blaming a lot of companies with the "why wait?" theme.

The thing is, moving to all remote is not a company does overnight. Particularly with matters of security perimeters, there's a lot of planning that has to be done. Corporate firewalling on premise is a thing... Corporate firewalling a laptop at home is a completely different matter. Assumptions you can make about network in the office vanish once the employee is at home.

Maybe the wait was to implement at least some basic VPN connectivity, proper firewalling and stuff like that?

Re: Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Post by lonelappde »

manigandham wrote: post #83
briandear wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It isn’t about color, it’s about resolution. My LG ultra fine 5k monitor is amazing. Will never go back to cheap monitors again. It pairs perfectly with the 5k iMac Pro.

Dell 24" 4k resolution monitor is $350. You can get 3 of those. https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Monitor-P2415Q-24-Inch-LED-Lit/d...

That's a different shape and size than a single 30" panel.

Re: Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Post by lonelappde »

alpaca128 wrote: post #86
janesvilleseo wrote: post #15

I have worked from home for nearly a decade. I guess I don’t know what I’m missing but I don’t need 1k chair. I sit at my dinning room table on a 50 dollar chair from Ashley Furniture. No problems at all. True I don’t have a desktop and use a laptop so I can take it with me to onsite meetings or move to another location like my patio, couch, or garage. I’m not sure what I’d spend 1k on besides the machine I use to ge…

Laptops are apparently much more ergonomical than desktops, if you use them right. I recently got treated for posture-related problems and on that occasion it was suggested to use a laptop(or similar setup) with both elbows resting on the table. So I got a cheap adjustable vesa mount for my monitor to lower and tilt it accordingly, and have had no issues since then.

Leaning your heard down Al day? My neck hurts just reading that.

Re: Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Post by [deleted] »

yani wrote: post #67
philliphaydon wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you will find that most of the people this $1k is targeting is people who already have the means to work from home, but maybe need some additional things. No mic/webcam for meetings. Maybe own a laptop but don't have a desk/chair. The 1k isn't about funding a fancy setup to permanently work from home. It's about filling the gaps so that they can work from home as effectively as possible during this time.

The article says that the $1k is for all 5000 of their employees. I doubt all of them have a laptop that they take home and most laptops already include a decent microphone and camera. The budget definitely does not target buying a laptop or desktop computer. It has to be for accessories like a chair, desk, scanner+printer.

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Post by swalsh »

nojvek wrote: post #32

I realized that Shopify has a bigger market cap than Uber and has grown like wildfire in the last few years. Looks like a great company with a good culture and a great product.

Shopify has become the default platform for eCommerce for people who have their own marketing channels (let's be honest, the main draw of selling on Amazon is they are a default shopping search engine). I've noticed a lot of "influencers" with strong brands have started shopify stores to sell clothing lines etc. If you can get eyeballs outside the Amazon search results, shopify is probably where you're directing them.

Re: Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups

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Post by jnwatson »

briandear wrote: post #63
manigandham wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That seems incredibly overpriced unless you need absolute color reproduction or some other specialty.

It isn’t about color, it’s about resolution. My LG ultra fine 5k monitor is amazing. Will never go back to cheap monitors again. It pairs perfectly with the 5k iMac Pro.

You can get a 50 inch 4k TV for a few hundred bucks.
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