[quote= deadzone ] [quote=Coronita]But you aren’t a tech worker deadzone. How would you know what the prevailing pulse of this situation is???[/quote]
All the big silicon valley companies such as Amazon, Google, etc. were originally planning to bring back their folks to the office 3 days/week back in January. That got delayed due to Omicron. Now that Covid is finished they are going to be resuming these plans soon.
Bottom line the majority of tech workers, or white collar workers in general, are not going to be able to work fully remote forever. They hybrid/flex schedule will hopefully stay for long term but the number of people working fully remote from home will be drastically going down from here on out, not increasing.[/quote]
But again, you’re just reading articles and not even in tech. You are basing your assumptions on what some companies do. For every company that says they aren’t going back to work, there’s plenty of companies that are offering remote options because it’s cheaper then setting up a satellite office that the big companies are able to do..
For your really bad example, this won’t make a dent in San Diego housing because Amazon is expanding huge in San Diego. Ask all the Intuit employees that recently quit and went over to Amazon….People who were old timers I thought would never leave Intuit went there.
Google also has expanded their footprint down here with their chip group and also their acquisition of Fitbit.
Apple too. They have their chip group and connectivity down here.
Also VC funding down here for biotech outpaced bay area.
So these big companies that ask people to go back , going back means reporting to a local field office which they have…
As far as the other smaller companies…if they want to retain employees they either have to pay more than these bigger company IRS (which most cant) OR provide more non comp benefits. Or get stuck with employees that are not so in demand….
Some of the comp packages that are being thrown around are like $300k+….LinkedIn is offering around $210k base, excluding stock and bonus and 401k match… for Android seniors… Remote. I mean you have to deal with awful react native in addition to Android, which might be why, but still….
Shit, at $300kish for a senior, I was tempted to apply if I was still pretty hands on. Less stress comparable comps versus working at a small company with a larger role.
I’ve been hearing some pretty ridiculous sign on bonuses too from that Redmond company.
My company for instance, can’t compete on dollar alone. Senior at my company are around $165k. And that’s actually pretty good for a company in Florida.
