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Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week (theverge.com)
3 points by serial_dev on Aug 22, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


My number one requirement in calling yourself a “company for grown-ups” is that you let your employees decide what work arrangement works best for them.


From fourth grade until I left academia I was expected to work at home. While in college, I "collaborated" by meeting with my team on group projects and formed study groups without needing to be herded together with them. We figured it out on our own. After all this, when I got a job, suddenly I wasn't doing a good enough job unless I displayed the trappings of looking busy for the boss.


It’s another way to reduce the number of applications a job gets




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