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Thoughts: Remote policy requiring 1 week/month at US HQ?

1 points by lsj0627 ↗ HN
Do you think this company will attract people outside of HQ city?

Where do you think this policy ranks among other Hybrid policies, such as weekly:

1. 1 day in office and 4 remote 2. 2 days in office and 3 remote, etc

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version_five
Personally I'd rather two 3-day weeks on site per month (with paid travel & accommodation). This is easier for balancing family etc as you only need to be away two nights for each trip. But it really would depend on the person and their circumstances.

If you're looking at whether you can attract people outside the HQ city, I think the two factors are frequency and length of in-office time. More than a few days is tough for many to be away from home, and more than a couple trips a month starts to be a lot of travel. I say this as someone who has regularly flown to a different city for work.

If you're just talking about attracting people who are a 90 minute drive away vs 45 min (for example), 1 or 2 days per week in office each week might be easier to swing.

al2o3cr
What do you mean by "outside of HQ city"? If they're trying to attract people from _other_ cities, a full week a month is a lot of living "on the road".

Maybe if the company specializes in furnished vacation rentals and always has inventory...