Facebook plans to start hiring new remote workers by July and will expand its presence in more cities. (via CNBCMakeIt)
With a newly blended remote and in-office workforce, the company will also have to consider hiring bias so candidates closer to a physical office, or those who live in a lower cost-of-living area, won't be given preferential treatment.
Workers will be able to request a fully remote position if they meet certain criteria, including if they're in a more senior position, they've demonstrated "very strong" work performance in recent evaluations, they work on a team that is able to do prolonged remote work at scale "We're mostly going to rely on honor code on this," he says and adds that the company will take certain precautions, such as checking VPN locations, to verify this information. "There will unfortunately have to be severe ramifications for people if they're not honest about this."
"One risk I want to make sure we're careful about: If we view remote work as an opportunity to engage more underrepresented folks ... and if remote work ends up being harder in the early phases before we really dial this in, I want to make sure we're not creating any disparity in how people can perform based on that."
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