First , most adults know how to pack a lunch...
Where is the proof? People keep saying this, but they have yet to provide proof. Do you remember Snow Leopard deleting all the user files? I do, it happened to me. That is the point where I stopped putting any files on my internal drive and always use external drives now. How about Catalina causing kernel panics 5 times a day for an iMac using all Apple accessories? It happened to me, Apple confirmed it was an operating system issue and told me it would be resolved eventually, so I downgraded to Mojave. How about High Sierra allowing full admin access without a password? How about "You are holding it wrong" iPhone 4?
That’s the point of offices like that. Both for better and for worse.
I have an abnormally short commute to work (about 8–10 minutes one way) and my assessment is that it’s likely a wash for me based on the other expenses listed. If someone’s spending an hour or more in their car every day (the pre-COVID average was about an hour), I can definitely see clear cost savings to working from home, not just from fuel but also car upkeep over time.
I’ll give just a couple of big ones. The iOS 13 rollout was staggered and a nutorious mess. Also bricked HomePods, which was a newer product at the time. There was also an iPad OS bug that was massive in regard to safari memory leaks not even keep a single tab open in 13.1. There was also that fun bug where messages would appear out of order that plagued nearly everyone too in iOS 13. iOS 14 brought the messages keyboard bug where you couldn’t type for up to 10 seconds when launching the app (everyone I know had this problem randomly and was massive on apples own forums). iOS 15 seems to be getting both more and less stable with each release now 6 months in, one of which is sfari tab groups crashing in iPad OS 15.4 (I recently called apple and they said they are aware of the issue and a few of the advisors I spoke with were shocked at how big of a bug that is).
I’m sure that Apple is well aware of its software quality bottlenecks, and if it wanted to require workers to come back sooner to that end, they would have done exactly that.
I asked for the proof that it is a direct result of working from home. You also haven't acknowledged the fact that Apple does have some India software developers and fully remote positions even 5 years ago.
Yeah that makes some sense. Except when you take into account most people in America have an AVERAGE of $500 car payment every month. Now being spent on a car that barely moves or being used. But thats a whole other ball of ridiculousness.
We work from home professionals work our asses off. I work way harder working remotely than I ever did before. As a matter of fact it can be kind of annoying at times because people assume you're available around the clock. The lines between home and work often blur. That being said, not having to drive in traffic (especially with current prices) + a four tens work week so I'm off on Friday + no random office friends randomly stopping by to chitchat and distract me definitely makes it worthwhile. But don't let those benefits confuse you, it is definitely hard work happening.
I mean, there's more lawyers, marketing, designers, project managers, HR, QA, education, cyber security, and admin roles at Apple than software developers.
No — only reports from Dailymail and NY Daily News, which gives you an idea of the credibility of them. The whole thing was overblown.
Terminating someone because they refuse to work in an office should be treated like they were fired for their age, gender, religion, or race.
Correct. And some things can not be a condition of having a job. This needs to be one of them.
Do you think people turn off their power and HVAC when they leave for work? Do you think people who are at home take more showers? It's not that you even use less of these things. They are exactly the same if you are home vs out of the house.
We just spent trillions teaching people to make smart decisions and be safe. Now you want to confuse them by claiming they should engage in risky behavior cause it looks uncool? Seriously? Employers owe their employees the choice for agreeing to work from home. If they don't like it they should have gone out of business.
It's called recency bias. They only remember issues in the last 1-2 years and attributing all of that to WFH.
The fact you claim no one uses more power or water when at home says it all in regard to any rational thought. We spent trillions brainwashing people and yes, now i expect them to think rationally again. Do you have any idea whats going on in Shanghai right now? People are starving, being pad locked inside and being told over loud speakers to “control their urges for freedom”.
Well keep that to yourself because it’s not cool to hurt people for the lolz.
