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Ask HN: Who is Hiring” still has a bunch of “ONSITE” positions; Why?

2 pointsby polysaturatealmost 5 years ago
As I peruse through "Who is Hiring" to get an idea of the current market, I see that is is a surprising amount of "ONSITE" or "Onsite after shelter in place is lifted". Am I the only one who expected to see many more Remote positions this month?

2 comments

exploriginalmost 5 years ago
Your expectations do not match the market.<p>Businesses have rental agreements. Some company leaders have a hard time allowing people to work from home while they still pay for a building.<p>When leaders do their work by collaborating with others, it can be very difficult to understand that some work is best done in isolation.<p>So just because people are forced to work from home and some people like it, it doesn&#x27;t mean it&#x27;s a magic recipe for all companies to open up remote positions.<p>Final note: the market is turning down so there will be less hiring overall.
hkhalmost 5 years ago
I think it&#x27;ll take a little while for that to trickle through. The main issue I&#x27;m seeing when talking to companies about this is that they don&#x27;t have any process in place for remote work of new hires, so we are talking about interviewing to training to ongoing &#x27;how to fit into the workplace&#x27; and meet their colleagues etc. But I think once companies try out a few ways to do this, it&#x27;ll become more normal.