[fdye]

The irony of this is Google is very much a culture of spending vast amounts of resources on internal/external tools. They have a significant product category in GSuite. So when I see them making statements about the effectiveness of in person it boggles my mind. You are quite literally in the business of providing productivity tools, many of them facilitating remote work/meetings. How on earth do you go on records making a statement like that? Shouldn't the Google ethos be to improve those offerings to compensate for any perceived shortcomings from not being in person? This is like Zoom saying everyone should go back to in person meetings and flying execs all over the country for business pitches. Incredible...

[paulryanrogers]

Is Google still run by engineers who would even consider such a thought? Or are the higher ranks filling with sales and marketing who have and largely different mindset and work preferences?