Remote Work Debate

This cluster centers on discussions about remote work in tech companies, including its prevalence, advantages for hiring and talent retention, challenges like hybrid policies and experience requirements, and examples of fully remote organizations.

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frenchman99 Dec 21, 2019 View on HN

Interesting how most if not all of these companies seem to be working remotely.

jacquesm Jul 25, 2023 View on HN

Lots of work advertised as 'remote' ends up as several days in the office anyway. Also note that companies that are not 'full remote' may well revert their stance on this and go back to a butts-in-seats arrangement whenever they feel like. Some do this as a way to do lay-offs without announcing them as such. Companies that have a full-remote culture are usually much less likely to do this. A good way to gauge this is if the person that is hiring you is themselves remote durin

CryoLogic Dec 27, 2017 View on HN

Lots of remote companies if you look hard enough. Wikipedia and Automatic come to mind.

dominotw Jul 5, 2021 View on HN

I've been seeing lots of candidates trying to get at job at my current employer because we allow remote work. People are willing to forego their faang compensations.

dakiol Jun 20, 2025 View on HN

Tech companies not offering remote positions are a shame

jcadam Feb 16, 2018 View on HN

I've found these distributed companies are only interested in considering candidates who have 'remote' work experience.Another of life's little Catch-22s I suppose.

johnea Jun 20, 2023 View on HN

Apparently not 8-/One trend I see is the offers of "hybrid-remote".Which of course is totally NOT remote. If you have to relocate to take a job, it isn't remote work.With the current lack of job stability/security, I find it hard to believe that bvery many (especially senior) personnel are willing to uproot their families and move across the country...But this is exactly what the biggest of big tech is asking for...

davidjnelson Sep 9, 2017 View on HN

Good remote first companies support this. It's different though. I certainly respect your preference.

JangoSteve May 25, 2010 View on HN

I know a few people who have gotten awesome remote positions. They all started as on-site hires who had to move for family reasons, and the companies/startups were flexible enough to let them keep working remotely. I've not seen many (any?) Startups that consider remote hires from te outset.

shetill Apr 6, 2021 View on HN

Sounds like literally every office I've been in. Only thing we can do is start prioritising remote only companies to the point of employers seeing that they lose good talent if they don't go remote