> #1a: You don’t lose people to silly things like their significant other going to medical school.
I really don't like the attitude here. Your significant other moving, is _not a silly thing_.
> I’ll let you in on a secret: most of our remote developers work longer hours than our in-office devs.
Yet another reason not to work remotely -- to maintain your work-life balance. Home is a place you spend with family and/or significant other, and doing non-work related stuff.
> it forces me to look at what they’ve done
This is something you should always look at. Measuring someone's performance by the number of hours they've spent in the office is _never_ a good idea; some people are just productive than others.
I stopped reading at this point. The author is quite selfish/insensitive to employee needs (since your significant other moving is "silly"), and he objectifies employees and doesn't treat them humanely (anyone who is happy with their employees working like 14 hours a day truly doesn't care about the employees' holistic well-being.)
> I really don't like the attitude here. Your significant other moving, is _not a silly thing_.
I don't want to speak for the OP, but I took this sentence as, "Losing a good developer because his significant other is headed to medical school is a really silly thing for a company to do", which I would completely agree with.
I really don't like the attitude here. Your significant other moving, is _not a silly thing_.
> I’ll let you in on a secret: most of our remote developers work longer hours than our in-office devs.
Yet another reason not to work remotely -- to maintain your work-life balance. Home is a place you spend with family and/or significant other, and doing non-work related stuff.
> it forces me to look at what they’ve done
This is something you should always look at. Measuring someone's performance by the number of hours they've spent in the office is _never_ a good idea; some people are just productive than others.
I stopped reading at this point. The author is quite selfish/insensitive to employee needs (since your significant other moving is "silly"), and he objectifies employees and doesn't treat them humanely (anyone who is happy with their employees working like 14 hours a day truly doesn't care about the employees' holistic well-being.)