Before Covid:
5 people in the same New York office, 1 remote in Europe
Today:
2 in New York, 2 in California, 1 in Ohio, 1 in Europe
There is no single office to return to. Though we could meet up with other coworkers on different teams and projects. But in essence we've become a remote team.
Has anyone else's teams become geographically distributed since covid?
It is strange to walk around an office and see a bunch of workstations, desks and PC's that are all setup to do work in person, but only the PC is being used remotely and the only other people in the building are a security guard or janitor.
I recall someone pointing out that a Sun Microsystems office in Colorado existed because someone you might call a Staff or Principal Engineer today said, "I'm moving to Colorado. If you want to open an office there I'll keep working for you, but I'm moving to Colorado".
The pandemic hit, we went remote, and there was basically a mass exodus out of Seattle. I think only about 20 people were still in Seattle by the time I left (for another job that's 100% remote with people scattered throughout the globe). It took the company almost two years to start adjusting salaries...
Do you believe remote work is less efficient because your organization hasn’t adapted to remote work, or do you believe something about remote work somehow makes it inherently less efficient?
I'm full remote with teammates in various states across the US. We have no problems to speak of related to our locations.
I refuse to ever work in an office again assuming my role doesn't require me to physically be at a location for reasons other than 'we want you to be'.