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Nearly 40% of software engineers will only work remotely (2023)

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72 points jakey_bakey | 2 comments | 22 Oct 24 17:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.403s | source
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benterix ◴[22 Oct 24 18:09 UTC] No.41917002[source]▶
I see this power struggle in job applications. The companies who really want to hire talent will include a remote option. Those with a more constrained vision will insist on hybrid or even full RTO. As an applicant the first thing I do is to filter out the latter.
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hosh ◴[22 Oct 24 18:15 UTC] No.41917063[source]▶
There are local politics involved where a company might have some kind of tax break or favorable leasing to offices. There are also municipalities concerned that having less workers in downtown areas would reduce economic activity with the shops and resturants in those areas.

I have also heard that productivity for remote government jobs is not as high.

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binary132 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:45 UTC] No.41917376[source]▶
Some bigger companies actually own very extensive office properties as part of their asset portfolios.
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1. hosh ◴[22 Oct 24 18:48 UTC] No.41917396[source]▶
Commercial real estate has been teetering on trigging the next Black Swan event for the past couple years. No one wants to be holding title to buildings that are vacant and not generating rent.
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2. red-iron-pine ◴[22 Oct 24 21:27 UTC] No.41918902[source]▶
1) it's not a black swan if we see it coming, or could see it coming, and predict what it will do

and 2) the massive rise in residential housing prices correlates to that risk, as commercial holders want to get out ASAP or at least hedge their risks by buying and renting.