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 makingstuffs » Sat, Dec 06, 2025, 4:04 AM UTC

amrocha wrote: post #398

makingstuffs wrote: post #334

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> You would benefit from not assuming that everyone is the same as you. I’m sorry if it came across that this was the point I was making. I was not. I acknowledge and understand everyone is different. The point I was making was about trusting people to be responsible adults and do what is right for the productivity without dictating a binary decision. People who are more productive at home should not be punished beca…

I think this is a situation where you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Network effects mean that the more people are in the office the better. On the other hand, if even a single team member is remote then the entire team must adapt to that. If half the team is remote then I might as well stay home too. I don’t want to have an office to go into. If that was the issue I could just get a shared office to work from.…

Are you not doing the exact thing you accused me of?

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

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Post by davidjytang » Mon, Dec 08, 2025, 12:53 AM UTC

redhale wrote: post #350

makingstuffs wrote: post #194

Reading all of these takes stating WFH leads to poor productivity simply doesn’t make sense to me. If your employees cannot be trusted to fulfil their responsibilities (whether in an office, their home or a tent in a woodland) that is not a geographical issue. It is a mentality issue and you are always going to face productivity issue from that employee regardless of from where they work. I’ve been told time and time…

Congrats on your work ethic. But consider that this may simply not be the case for every working adult on earth, and may not even be true for every working adult in your company. Not everyone is like you. I am, but I know people (some of whom are former and current coworkers) who are much more easily distracted, and are meaningfully less able to compete their work in a timely manner when they work from home. I'll pro…

Measured for a year, my team overall shipped 60% of issues WFH than when in office. WFH was nice for some colleagues but clearly not working for the team. We promptly change back to in office when able.

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