{"id":35181,"date":"2022-03-07T16:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=35181"},"modified":"2022-04-15T17:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:14:41","slug":"apple-employees-returning-to-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/07\/apple-employees-returning-to-offices\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Employees Returning to Offices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kim Lyons<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Apple will begin phasing in its planned hybrid work pilot on April 11th, bringing employees back to the office one day a week to start, according to an email from CEO Tim Cook to Apple employees, which was seen by The Verge<\/em>. Apple originally announced its plans for a hybrid work pilot in November<\/a>. <\/p>

In the third week of the pilot, Cook writes, employees will come in twice a week, with the full hybrid pilot — where workers will come into the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and work “flexibly” on Wednesday and Friday — would go into effect May 23rd. The timing may vary from office to office depending on local conditions, Cook added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

dnathi493<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I left Apple after years of lack of any flexibility on the remote work process. They wouldn’t allow transferring to any alternative office for most teams. From what I understood, VPs could protect a small minority of some of their employees if a senior leader made a case to them.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this just seemed to lead to the most politically connected folks going remote and directors friends and favorite hires getting the perk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

tombert<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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COVID made my situation worse at Apple. I worked in a satellite office (NYC), and while in the office, most folks in California were reluctant to schedule meetings later than ~2pm california time because they didn’t want to keep people in the office late. When we went fully remote, suddenly it seems like any compunctions about that vanished; I would have meetings until 9pm 3 nights a week, I guess because the managers figured that we were already home.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

xenadu02<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Fair warning: my experience has been very different than yours or tombert’s in most respects and some things have changed over time (some OSS contributions are now much easier, a very recent change). It is also the first company I’ve worked for that backed up appreciation for my efforts with compensation to match, and where my management chain cared about burnout and mental health with actions rather than empty words.<\/p>\n

It is still primarily an on-site company. That might mean on-site an an office in San Diego, Austin, Philadelphia, NYC, etc. But in-office nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Every team does things differently, even down to the department or individual manager level. Compared to the other FAANGs it is far more varied in most respects.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n