Remote, Office Or Hybrid: What The Job Landscape May Look Like In 2023

Remote, Office Or Hybrid: What The Job Landscape May Look Like In 2023

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The Post-Covid Workplace

In a poll by the ADP, “64% of workers would consider quitting if asked to return to the office full-time.” This is an astonishingly high figure. This means that a vast majority of staff cannot see any actual benefits to working in the office when the work can easily and effectively be done somewhere else. To put all this into perspective, let’s look at 

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The Post-Covid Workplace

two companies on opposite sides of the remote work spectrum: Apple, which advocates a return to the office, and Airbnb, which does not.

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Case Studies: Apple And Airbnb

At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, and as the company’s fortunes soared, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook claimed that the firm could allow for flexibility in work practices going forward. Still, he nuanced that statement by saying that he still saw the value of teams working together in person. By the summer of 2021, Mr. Cook had changed his tune. 

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Case Studies: Apple And Airbnb

In an email sent to staff, he asked people to return to the office for at least three days a week, with the possibility of working remotely the other two days. In an open letter, staff expressed their concerns about this policy. Some push back against the company became fierce. At the time of writing, Apple is pushing for this hybrid model, 

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Case Studies: Apple And Airbnb

but the final plan is still in flux. In recent days, Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky sent a companywide email laying out the post-Covid work strategy for the company.  The employees were informed that they can choose where to work from: the office, their home or move anywhere in the country and their salaries will remain exactly as they were.

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Case Studies: Apple And Airbnb

The CEO said: “If we limited our talent pool to a commuting radius around our offices, we would be at a significant disadvantage.  The best people live everywhere, not concentrated in one area.” He added that employees would have “the flexibility to travel and work around the world” starting in September for up to 90 days per year.

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Case Studies: Apple And Airbnb

All throughout the pandemic, Airbnb had advocated for a flexible arrangement. But instead of ending this arrangement at the end of the Covid threat, Chesky’s email confirms that such arrangement is instead a long-term commitment.

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Why Do Some Companies Want To End Remote Working Policies?

Every tech company is unique. Corporate policies, culture, financial status and many other factors might affect decisions, so there cannot be a “one size fits all” type approach to work practices for every company. But as the pandemic nears its end, many companies have decided to end the remote work patterns that have come to be so cherished by many worldwide.

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Why Do Some Companies Want To End Remote Working Policies?

Not everyone gives a specific reason for it, but here are two companies that gave reasons for ending remote work years before the pandemic popularized it: “Lack of coordination,” according to Reddit’s former CEO, Yishan Wong’s, and “Speed and quality are often sacrificed,” according to Yahoo in a leaked memo signed by former HR director Jackie Reses.

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