Some 13% of cur­rent job post­ings are for re­mote po­si­tions, ac­cord­ing to staffing firm Man­pow­er­Group. That is down from 17% in March 2022 but well above the prepan-demic level of 4%.

Finally found some data. Great WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/work-from-home-era-ends-for-millions-of-americans-8bb75367

Nope. I’m in IT for a non-tech company in the SF Bay Area, 15 yoe

Oh okay I definitely thought you were saying the opposite.

If you’re going to be pedantic, the limited data behind my hypothesis is that I’ve seen more companies call for workers to come back to the office and I’ve seen more workers in my area acquiesce to the demands out of fear of job loss (where a year ago they were laughing about it saying they’d never go back). All anecdotal, yes

Interesting. Definitely a possibility that if they can’t offer similar TCs they’ll make up for it in other ways.

Thanks. That’s my assumption as well. Fully remote jobs will be increasingly rare while employers have the upper hand. Most will require some days in the office, whether it’s 1-2 days a month or 3 days a week.

I feel like this is going to get downvoted because people here don’t like my hypothesis. Don’t shoot the messenger lol

When you were applying, what % of jobs did you see that were fully remote vs some sort of office requirement?

Thanks for the anecdotal evidence but I’m curious if anyone has studied the data and able to pull out real analysis

My hypothesis is that for companies who are not fully remote, fully remote workers, workers who are still not complying with hybrid work policies, and those that moved to LCOL/MCOL satellite offices (I.e. away from major tech hubs and main offices) will be disproportionately impacted. I’m curious if any data exists yet to support this.

Employees had all of the bargaining chips the last couple of years leading to unsustainable increases in TC and worker friendly policies (e.g. WFH. I’m assuming as the power shifts back to employers, we’ll see shifts the other way quickly.