Scott Farquhar
11 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 19, 2024 by Scott Farquhar · across every show →
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Jan 19, 2024 positive
Farquhar: Employees save 10 to 32 days a year avoiding daily commutes
“The average Atlassian has saved about 10 days a year In commuting, and that's about two and a half million hours, or a 100,000 days, and in places like India, where there's a particularly longer commute time, we save some Alassians 32 days a year.”
Jan 19, 2024 positive
Farquhar: Teams need intentional togetherness, not daily commutes
“We believe that you do need to get together to build social bonds. Our belief though, is that you don't need to get together every single day to sit next to each other on a zoom call in an office and commute back and forth to get that benefit. We believe that …”
Jan 19, 2024 negative
Farquhar: Two-tier remote work policies fail to attract top talent
“Some companies operate a two-tier system where they say you can work remotely, but that is a second-class career path, and we're reluctantly doing that. That's remote or distributed in name only, and you're not going to get the best people.”
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Farquhar: Return-to-office mandates are as arbitrary as dictating pen color
“Some people who are forcing a back to office mandate, in many cases that's like telling people they need to use a blue pen instead of a black pen. Does it matter which pen you use if the output's the same? Does it matter where you are doing the work if the out…”