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Demand Remote Work If You Can

I play poker with a guy who is a recruiter (mostly IT and developers). I saw him this weekend and he told me some interesting statistics. His company's fill rate (how successful they are a filling a given position) for fully remote positions is above 80% which he says is better than their total fill rate pre-pandemic. He says for positions that are hybrid (2-3 days in-office per week) the fill rate drops to about 60%. For positions that are 100% in-office, the fill rate is less than 10%. No one is willing to go into an office 100% of the time if there is no reason for it. If you're at a job that can be done completely remote, demand that you be allowed to do so. If they refuse, go find a place that is. Make them hurt for workers.


I play poker with a guy who is a recruiter (mostly IT and developers). I saw him this weekend and he told me some interesting statistics.

His company's fill rate (how successful they are a filling a given position) for fully remote positions is above 80% which he says is better than their total fill rate pre-pandemic.

He says for positions that are hybrid (2-3 days in-office per week) the fill rate drops to about 60%.

For positions that are 100% in-office, the fill rate is less than 10%. No one is willing to go into an office 100% of the time if there is no reason for it.

If you're at a job that can be done completely remote, demand that you be allowed to do so. If they refuse, go find a place that is. Make them hurt for workers.

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