My son-in-law owns a company that has just under 40 developers and is located in Seattle. They went WFH and he found productivity did not change at all. His lease on his office space expires the end of the year. He’s doing three things:
1. He’s going PERMANENT WFH.
2. He and my daughter and granddaughter are leaving Seattle for flyover country. They visited my other daughter and her husband that moved here a couple years ago to the area east of Louisville and were blown away by how much house and property they got for $650. They are looking to do the same, now.
3. HE’s hired his last Seattle (Tier 1 market) employee. He won’t lay any off, but as they are removed via attrition, he’ll replace them with much cheaper Tier 2 and 3 market employees. They are just as good and as little as half as expensive.
Of course, that’s just one company.
Please tell us that your SIL and daughter WILL NOT vote lib, once they escape Seattle, for flyover country.
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WFH is not going to work well in the long run. It might work for certain highly skilled individuals and CEOs but for most of us, we need “the man” watching over us as we work.
I virtualized my company 3.5 years ago. I’m almost embarrassed to say how well things are. ALMOST....