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Lee: Remote-first companies hold a significant recruiting advantage over non-remote competitors
“We've got multiple data points to suggest that companies that are operating a remote first policy typically have a significant advantage against companies that do not.”
Hung Lee Jul 7, 2023 ▶ 6:50 Polarizing Talent: Navigating 2023's Landscape
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
VMware Cut Time-to-Hire in Half by Switching to Remote Hiring
“VMware, for instance were, did a sort of before and after comparison in terms of their time to hire when it comes down to where they doing on-premise hiring pre pre the big over period, and then they switched to remote hiring and they reduced their time to hir…”
Hung Lee Jul 7, 2023 ▶ 7:19 Polarizing Talent: Navigating 2023's Landscape
Assertion Supported
Lee: Early-career workers prefer in-office work to accelerate learning
“It was very clear that someone who was an early career person, they did not want remote. It wasn't, it was something that, you know, they thought about yes, no, they literally didn't want it. They wanted the office because they wanted the learning. They want t…”
Hung Lee Jul 7, 2023 ▶ 21:21 Polarizing Talent: Navigating 2023's Landscape
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lee: Pre-COVID remote companies avoided hiring entry-level talent
“A lot of remote companies did not hire early entry talent because of exactly the concept of this person needed to have control of their home work environment, so to speak.”
Hung Lee Jul 7, 2023 ▶ 19:54 Polarizing Talent: Navigating 2023's Landscape
Assertion Supported
Hung Lee: Elon Musk reduced Twitter's headcount down to 20%
“Now what he managed to do was to obviously wipe out more than 70% of the company, I believe, Pre-Musk. Twitter was significantly bigger than it was now. They're down to 20%, I believe, in terms of headcount.”
Hung Lee Jul 7, 2023 ▶ 33:14 Polarizing Talent: Navigating 2023's Landscape
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