1 year into Permanent WFH
Never wear real pants again... Twitter just told employees they'll be allowed to work from home forever. Jobs that require being physically present will still have to come in, but other than that, WFH is officially a forever thing. Google and Facebook and a bunch of others have already made WFH optional until 2021 — but "forever" takes it to a whole new level:
But there are a lot of unknowns... Do employees really want to work from home forever? Will this hurt productivity, collaboration, and collegial relationships? Will Twitter lose talent/applicants to companies with cool, social offices if people don't want a remote office culture? WFH is also almost entirely dependent on services like Slack, which had some down time yesterday.
This could be the start of a mega-trend... But its effects aren't so clear. Permanent WFH hasn’t been tested long-term, so we really don't know how it might affect company/employee success. Guess Twitter can be the guinea pig, if enough employees choose to do it (permanent work from home will be optional at Twitter, not mandatory).