work from home revolution is underway?
Iâll say more companies are relaxing the standards vs. making them stricter. Even the ones who originally said in the office every day have backed down to 3 days a week. People who are interviewing can name whatever WFH policy they want. The talent market is so tight that employers will cave. As more 100% WFH employees are hired, then there will be even more pressure to allow existing employees the same.
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If they are losing staff because of it, then theyâll have to change their policy. Itâs difficult to measure why people are leaving.
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Most Bay Area companies donât expect employees back in the office five days a week
More than two-thirds of Bay Area companies plan to have workers in the office three days a week or less after the pandemic, a shift that could lead to a permanent drop of more than 1 million commuters a day, according to a new poll.
A Bay Area Council poll of 205 companies found only 1% plan to be fully remote, 5% plan to require workers in the office one day a week, 22% plan to require two days, 40% plan to require three days, 13% plan to require four days and 19% are returning to a full five days. Before the pandemic, 93% of the companies said workers were in the office four or five days.
Only 1% fully remote? Thatâs surprising.
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Hybrid model is what will work. Go into office 1-2 times a week and for any critical meetings where in-person presence is beneficial
I get the argument for hybrid. But only 1% of the surveyed companies going fully remote is surprisingly low for me. Iâd have expected maybe 5% given all the hoopla over âparadigm shiftâ and whatnot.
Fully remote is even less popular than I had expected.
Only1% of companies plan to be fully remote. I bet 100% of companies will have some fully remote employees. Everyone has hired people who arenât local, and those people have zero intention of moving. They arenât going to suddenly fire all of those people. As people see newer employees who are 100% remote, theyâll start to question why they canât also do it.
Video has changed remote work, and the effectiveness of meetings. Also, itâs not a big deal to anyone whoâs managed teams in different office locations.
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Am I blind or is Austin really not on the list at all?
I suspect the strong performance of Canada has something to do with their welcoming immigration policy while Trump crapped on immigrants during those four tragic years.
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Honesty in media is hard to come by. Could Austin be blacked out by pissed off media?
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According to LA chambers of commerce, there are currently 133870 IT jobs. (as opposed to 228k (high tech?) claimed in the couple of posts above). This raises question what is a high tech job anyway? If a person removes a malware or virus from my computer, would that be a high tech job?
axios chart is from CBRE data on tech talent pool. You are talking about no of jobs. Donât think anyone is pissed off of Austin.
https://www.cbre.us/research-and-reports/scoring-tech-talent-in-north-america-2021
Market Tech Talent Total Percent Change1 by Volume2 Concentration3
SF Bay Area 373,430 16.4% 52,670 10.9%
New York Metro 348,330 6.7% 21,930 3.9%
Toronto 270,400 42.8% 81,100 10.2%
Washington, D.C. 265,370 10.0% 24,080 8.8%
Los Angeles/Orange Co. 228,720 18.6% 35,870 3.7%
Dallas/Ft. Worth 189,200 16.3% 26,570 5.3%
Seattle 184,660 35.4% 48,300 9.4%
Boston 168,090 7.2% 11,360 6.5%
Chicago 167,380 4.6% 7,330 3.8%
Montreal 160,700 31.4% 38,400 8.6%
Atlanta 143,780 15.2% 18,960 5.5%
Denver 114,900 31.1% 27,290 7.0%
Philadelphia 112,740 9.3% 9,630 4.2%
Phoenix 98,220 14.2% 12,180 4.7%
Minneapolis/St. Paul 97,470 5.3% 4,940 5.3%
Houston 96,420 -5.9% -6,030 3.2%
Vancouver 91,200 36.1% 24,200 8.1%
Detroit 89,680 4.5% 3,870 4.5%
Baltimore 81,770 16.2% 11,430 6.4%
Austin 79,230 10.0% 7,200 7.5%
i think all those CA types who moved to Austin are coming back if to CA if they can afford it - temperatures are only going to get hotter there.
I am just asking whether the media is pissed off when I see what looks like a misrepresentation. That is all. What someone writes is his choice. But, he should be ready to answer questions once in a while?
Do you think if people do not like living in a heater, they are going to like living in a freezer?
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I donât even know what those charts are showing. All are MSAs or cities? Some MSAs, some cities? How to account for differences in geographical sizes? Consistency and definition of tech talents and reliability of sources. Five year block comparison? Why not by year? Significant events, Trump 2017-2021, Covid 2020-⌠I want to know the impact of these events, so need by year.
This year is fairly cool. Aug 10 already, yet to have over 100F as suggested by @britt522