Silicon Valley loves its disturbance. If any market was prepared to manage the monumental changes caused by the coronavirus, it’s huge tech. Companies like Twitter and Facebook were some of the very first to require their staff members to work from house, even prior to main shelter-in-place orders entered into effect. Now, they and others have actually extended their remote work policies to allow their workers to telecommute from house permanently, even after the pandemic ends.
This week on Gizmo Lab, WIRED senior writer Arielle Pardes joins us to speak about the workplace goings-on in Silicon Valley. In the second half of the show, we talk about Clubhouse, the hot new social network keeping tech bigwigs linked.
Show Notes
Check out Arielle’s story about how Silicon Valley is reconsidering the office here Read Sarah Frier’s story in Bloomberg about tech employees wanting to escape Silicon Valley’s high rents here Learn more about automatic espresso machines from WIRED reviews editor Jeffrey Van Camp here
Recommendations
Arielle suggests the Gravity Blanket and Allbirds’ Dasher running shoes Lauren advises the Nespresso Creatista Plus Mike advises the online cookbook brochure Eat Your Books
Arielle can be found on Twitter @ pardesoteric Lauren Goode is @ LaurenGoode Michael Calore is @ snackfight Bling the primary hotline at @ GadgetLab The show is produced by Boone Ashworth (@ booneashworth). Our executive producer is Alex Kapelman (@ alexkapelman). Our style music is by Solar Keys
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