One pandemics and FAANG learns about advantages of remote work. I can imagine FB's productivity goes way up as people wouldn't need to share the same huge open office. Maybe they'll even figure out some useful ideas in the end...
Being based in Europe, Germany specifically, it seems like the reaction to this situation is much more intense in the US than in Europe. I haven’t heard of any employers going full WFH or universities closing outside of Italy.<p>And theories why the reaction in the US is or seems to be more intense?
It's interesting that Google only recommends it but doesn't make it mandatory. I also wonder how many of those people that do want to work remote end up going to coffee shops and/or order food from postmates where the delivery guy is all around town and the employee still ends up getting contaminated with the virus and spreading it in their household.
Not just NA, all EMEA employees are recommended to WFH as well, with the exception of Italy, which is mandatory WFH. Anyone know how other companies in FAANG are handling EU offices? Situation there seems direr than the U.S...
According to The Atlantic, 4384 people have been tested in the U.S. for Coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. Monday.
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It's interesting how suddenly remote work becomes so attractive.Just yesterday I sat in the management meeting, where calls for remote work were getting much louder from the side of the company that'd previously refuse to even entertain such an idea.
If we are able to contain the coronavirus this way, can we take advantage of the quarantines around the world and eradicate the flu and cold at the same time?
I honestly don't understand why people think hiding out at home is the solution. How can we possibly hunker down and hide in our four walls for the 6-12 months it would take for this to maybe fade?
Why are comments saying no more paywall links getting downvoted. Some of the top comments are always hating on sources not to post from and no one mentions paywall linked.
I'm excited to be starting in Mountain View soon but I'm pretty apprehensive about having an effective orientation and getting up to speed if everyone's working from home. I've read that orientation is supposed to be a big event where you meet tons of people from around the world and learn together about internal Google tech and culture. I would hate to miss out on that experience because of the coronavirus fears.
Can people please stop posting paywall’d links? It’s annoying to only being able to read the headline. If this is just a thing because I’m in Canada then that’s different.