Disney Parks office-based employees begin returning to work locations

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Disney Parks office-based employees begin returning to work locations

As COVID-19 restrictions continues to be lifted, Disney Parks, Experience and Products employees are heading back to the office.

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[MrPromey]

Be interesting to see how this shift impacts their efforts to hire and retain staff in non-location-based positions going forward.

From my understanding, the shift to returning to the office has not been going smoothly for a lot of other firms:

Apple employees push back against returning to the office in internal letter​

As The Pandemic Recedes, Millions Of Workers Are Saying 'I Quit'​

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Memo from Disney CEO Bob Iger outlines the next phase in Disney's employee return-to-office plans​

Memo from Disney CEO Bob Iger outlines the next phase in Disney's employee return-to-office plans

Memo from Disney CEO Bob Iger outlines the next phase in Disney's employee return-to-office plans

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[CaptainAmerica]

Back to work!

Things you love to see.

 

[networkpro]

It will be interesting indeed as lots of companies have to make the calculation of if the cost of a Full Time Employee and Office Space overhead is worth keeping or if they should outsource that function for less.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

It will be interesting indeed as lots of companies have to make the calculation of if the cost of a Full Time Employee and Office Space overhead is worth keeping or if they should outsource that function for less.

If your job can be done "just as well" from home, then your job can be done "just as well" at 1/5 the cost from Bangalore.

 

[AshaNeOmah]

If your job can be done "just as well" from home, then your job can be done "just as well" at 1/5 the cost from Bangalore.

This isn't always true.

I work a highly-skilled engineering position almost entirely from home. Companies have tried to outsource these jobs and can't get the quality needed for nuclear or highly sensitive designs when compared to ABET accredited graduates.

 

[networkpro]

This isn't always true.

I work a highly-skilled engineering position almost entirely from home. Companies have tried to outsource these jobs and can't get the quality needed for nuclear or highly sensitive designs when compared to ABET accredited graduates.

For most companies, a hermit in a cell isn't as valuable as an onsite resource thus a candidate for either automating or outsourcing.

 

[mikejs78]

For most companies, a hermit in a cell isn't as valuable as an onsite resource thus a candidate for either automating or outsourcing.

100% disagree with this. Hybrid/remote work is the way of the future and companies that fail to do this will be left behind.

 

[mikejs78]

If your job can be done "just as well" from home, then your job can be done "just as well" at 1/5 the cost from Bangalore.

Doesn't quite work that way.

 

[networkpro]

100% disagree with this. Hybrid/remote work is the way of the future and companies that fail to do this will be left behind.

Hold onto that dream as the 2023 culling that is currently underway in the tech sector says otherwise.

 

[mikejs78]

Hold onto that dream as the 2023 culling that is currently underway in the tech sector says otherwise.

The culling is primarily affecting the big tech companies (Google, Meta, etc). Smaller companies like my own are hiring key people away from larger companies because we are offering a remote first mindset.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Hold onto that dream as the 2023 culling that is currently underway in the tech sector says otherwise.

My face watching mouthy employees who spent the last three years writing "open letters" and bratty Slack rants and staging walkouts finally get taken to the woodshed.

 

[mikejs78]

My face watching mouthy employees who spent the last three years writing "open letters" and bratty Slack rants and staging walkouts finally get taken to the woodshed.

They won't be. Companies like my own are scooping those employees up.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

The culling is primarily affecting the big tech companies (Google, Meta, etc). Smaller companies like my own are hiring key people away from larger companies because we are offering a remote first mindset.

I'm sorry but whiteboarding in a scrum room face-to-face is more valuable than coding in a closet. It just is.

 

[Lilofan]

This isn't always true.

I work a highly-skilled engineering position almost entirely from home. Companies have tried to outsource these jobs and can't get the quality needed for nuclear or highly sensitive designs when compared to ABET accredited graduates.

Not always true. Outsourcing IT to India for cost savings, layoff of most company domestic IT and my friend who survived the layoff travels to India several times a year to check on third party team.

 

[mikejs78]

I'm sorry but whiteboarding in a scrum room face-to-face is more valuable than coding in a closet. It just is.

I'm sorry but that's a pretty narrow minded take and totally misunderstands how companies with remote first cultures operate.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I'm sorry but that's a pretty narrow minded take and totally misunderstands how companies with remote first cultures operate.

*shrug*

I'm not interested in hiring anyone who balks at the idea of putting on real pants and leaving the house to start the workday. Employees like remote work because employees like not working.

 

[Lilofan]

*shrug*

I'm not interested in hiring anyone who balks at the idea of putting on real pants and leaving the house to start the workday.

My sibling likes his remote based zoom calls attire just fine, barefoot , boxer shorts and clean crisp ironed dress shirt.

 

[mikejs78]

*shrug*

I'm not interested in hiring anyone who balks at the idea of putting on real pants and leaving the house to start the workday. Employees like remote work because employees like not working.

Your loss. I lead a team of ~50 engineers, all remote, and it's one of the most productive teams I've ever led - and you can get great talent from all over, irrespective of geography.

You just need to know how to make it work. It's not just as simple as replicating the way things were done in the office, remotely.