Mark Zuckerberg hints he could end work from home ENTIRELY for Meta staffers after revealing those who came into the office worked more efficiently

DAILYMAIL.COM ^ | 15 March 2023 | SOPHIE MANN

[dennisw]

Mark Zuckerberg sent a note to his company about the 'year of efficiency' that doubled as a ponderance about the future of its remote work policy Meta's data analysis indicated that engineers who began their careers in person at the company were more productive than those who began remotely The note came as 10,000 more layoffs were announced, and a stop order was placed on the 5,000 jobs for which the company had been hiring

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hinted to his staff that the future of the company's work from home policy may be in jeopardy, as he announced yet another round of mass layoffs early this week.

In the layoff message, which was also branded as a note about Zuckerberg's ongoing 'year of efficiency,' the Meta CEO devoted a significant portion to the subject of 'in-person time.'

He concluded that, at least for new employees, in-person work is more effective for productivity levels.

Zuckerberg wrote that early analysis of the performance data indicates that engineers who joined the company remotely performed worse than those who joined in person.

Engineers who are early in their careers also seemed to perform better on average when they work in-person with teammates at least a majority of the week.

[dennisw]

More than 10,000 layoffs at the Zucky Farm ......... My bet the work from wise guys got fired disproportionately. It is easier to fire someone you barely see and barely know.

[G Larry]

"engineers who began their careers in person at the company were more productive than those who began remotely"

Ya, that was pretty difficult to predict....

That little study in common sense likely cost Meta a $Billion....

[CFW]

Wait! It took MZ how many years to realize this fact?

[Jonty30]

Once corporations master remote working, there is nothing stopping them from sending the work anywhere in the world. Most of the world would work harder for half the pay required to pay an American worker.

It is only a matter of time.

[Third Person]

Zuckerberg... so observant, so brilliant!

[seowulf]

I wonder how many remote workers were fake or an employee collecting paychecks for two.

[monkeyshine]

They’ve got like 100,000 employees in scores of places around the globe. Impossible to see and know all of them. That’s why companies that large need field offices and good field office management. When the field office is the kitchen counter... meh.

Productivity is probably calculated by computer. How many lines of code, how many keystrokes logged, how many chat replies answered from customers, how much time wasted on the Slack internal bitch-session forum etc.

[wjcsux]

Maybe Zuck learned something from Elon after all.

[NWFree]

He supposed to be so smart he just figured out they rip him off laying around on the couch while getting paid

[Dave911]

Right, what a stunner! Lot’s of my neighbors work for a large insurance company and have worked and still work remotely. You can tell by their time doing yard work in the middle of the day how productive they are. Load of BS that most people are more productive working from home.

[Beowulf9]

A liberal who just released stuff.

[Vendome]

So, you have been lying to the general public for the last 3 years and more importantly, the stock holders of your company?

You should be jailed for a variety of reasons...

[sissyjane]

Duh…

[Sooth2222]

Once corporations master remote working, there is nothing stopping them from sending the work anywhere in the world. Most of the world would work harder for half the pay required to pay an American worker.

My general impression regarding company "Help" desks in far off lands is that once I get past the accent, they may get 1/2 the pay, but they are maybe 1/10th as good.

(That's if I'm lucky.)

Some jobs can't possibly be done remotely. Some jobs are best done remotely.

And it is best for a company if some jobs are not done at all.

[one guy in new jersey]

The digital/phone/zoom workplace in various industries seems doomed to vacillate wastefully between two opposed bureaucratic/management bents (work-from-home and work-in-office), never being able to reach a settled balance between the two.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Meta's data analysis indicated that engineers who began their careers in person at the company were more productive than those who began remotely

I can buy that. The beginning of a developer's career is made a lot smoother by the ability to ask questions and have more experienced developers sit down with you, get you unblocked, and show you alternatives. In-person code reviews are also a lot more effective than remote reviews when the person who wrote the code is just starting out.

But that's the only instance I can think of where it's almost a must. For more experienced developers, working from home is often more productive than working in an office.

[lizma2]

My son's in Silicon Valley working in AI and only goes in once or twice a month but he usually works 7 days a week.

He loves what he does so much, he doesn't considered it work!

I doubt most stay at homes don't feel that way. Heck, I've been at offices where employees at the office have their faces planted on their cell phones.

[South Dakota]

My general impression regarding company “Help” desks in far off lands is that once I get past the accent, they may get 1/2 the pay, but they are maybe 1/10th as good.

(That’s if I’m lucky.)

???
I’m always hoping that I can understand them

[markman46]

No it means zucky has way to many employees doing zero work. Because they don’t have enough work for everyone.