[badpun]

Yep, I can see how FAANGs would be reluctant to adopt remote work. While it can be a fine solution in your run of the mill software team doing boring web or backend work, FAANGs are all about innovation and, often, very technically complex products. The f2f interactions could really foster creativity there (just imagine scientists trying to work out the Manhattan project remotely over Teams...).

[safog]

I think you're over estimating the complexity of what FAANG engineers work on :)

As the saying goes, we spend our lives converting one proto into another.

[kgin]

Seems like it would be more useful for design/ux/product to be in a room. Trying to whiteboard online is painful.