[paxys]

A mandate which allows temporary exceptions is still a mandate.

[advisedwang]

If you apply to go fully remote, that's not temporary.

[paxys]

Only 20% of Google staff even has that option, and not all of them get approved. The vast majority will not be able to work remotely.

[ehsankia]

> Only 20% of Google staff even has that option

Around 15-20% have gone remote, are you claiming that 100% of the people who had the option have taken it?

Are you including TVCs?

[UncleMeat]

I'm not aware of any engineering org that bans it, except smaller groups within orgs that are working on hardware. Where is your 20% number coming from?

[Sebguer]

Well, you can probably start with the fact that the person you're replying to never said 20% of engineers.

[UncleMeat]

I know. But SWEs and SREs account for way more than 20% of employees, so even if you just look at them the "only 20%" figure is clearly wrong.

[joshuamorton]

Engineering is well over 20% of Google staff, so the point stands, and isn't the only org to allow remote work.

[hinkley]

Who approved that application? Your old manager?

[opportune]

Those aren’t temporary exceptions. Fully remote in this context means you don’t have an assigned desk in any Google office and thus aren’t subject to any mandate about returning to offices when a particular office opens back up