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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“People as far away as Howard County” will need to commute to DC…

You kids are hilarious!

ICYMI: People commuted to DC from as far away as WV 5 days a week before covid.

We’ve been hybrid (2 or 3 days in the office and the rest remote) since a year after covid. People complained and threatened to quit. Some did quit. The rest came back.

Lessons learned:

1. Some people had moved to states where we aren’t registered to do business. They were told to move back to the dc metro area or they could no longer work for us. Some did, some didn’t.

2. We didn’t miss anyone we lost. Everyone is replaceable. We quickly realized that the whiners were dead weight or morale killers.

3. Commuting to DC twice a week is NBD…even for those of us who live in far flung outer burbs.

4. We schedule in person meetings when we are downtown. It’s nice. And it’s critical for new hires…especially recent grads who need to learn by watching what happens outside meetings.

5. Some people really weren’t working hard enough when remote. We watched them closely when they returned, worked them hard, etc. We cut some loose. No regrets.

6. We give everyone flexibility. Professionals handle it well. Anyone whining about commutes and childcare, etc. isn’t someone I want on my team. Guess what? My commute is longer than your commute and I have more kids than you do. Figure it out.

7. I’m pretty sure one of my staff doesn’t have childcare for her baby. HR says there’s nothing we can say or do about it. Ridiculous! [/quote]

Working in DC would be a lot better, but many jobs are in the middle of no where VA, where there is only one bridge and if there is an accident or snow, it can take hours to get there or get home.  There is no good way to metro.

If someone doesn't want to work hard, they will not - in person or at home.  Be real.

You probably have a nanny full-time caring for your kids.  Most cannot afford that.  You probably spend very little time with your kids.

You also are probably not on call 24-7 for a week at a time and have to get up at all hours to fix something, then get a few hours sleep to do an hour or more drive to go in.  You probably just work your core hours and that's it.  In Amazon its expected you work all day and night as its global.  Normal is taking an 8 PM call with someone in another country.  Those things will all stop now.

You sound miserable to work for which is probably why you had high turn over.[/quote]

We didn’t have high turnover. We lost dead weight. The people who complained the most had either moved really far away or those who simply wanted to be fully remote because they didn’t want to work hard.

FTR, I don’t have a nanny, and I have a brutal commute. But I see my kids plenty since I only go downtown 2 or 3 times a week. I have lots of flexibility just like my coworkers. We are better off not being surrounded by complainers. [/quote]

So, you get flexibility and only go in two days a week.  We are talking about five days a week and a rough commute that is not downtown.  You don’t get it.  [/quote]

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