Pure Storage

Individuals you work with are generally great.

People are very collaborative and flexible.

Work-life balance is reasonably good.

Even most managers, directors, and VPs in engineering are reasonable people.

Executive leadership is on a power trip.

The CEO has insisted on personally reviewing every request for anyone to have any flexibility for 5 days/week in-office.

The CFO has pushed for badge tracking and forcing people in office because they made a bad investment on a ton of space and need to justify the expenditure.

Two years ago, the flexibility and seeming care from execs was great, but now they’re one of the worst in the Bay Area in terms of flexibility.

Removing flexibility and defunding all support for getting to the office without driving will just kill your ability to recruit new talent.

Only people who already live in the area will join Pure, and you’ll lose any ability to recruit younger people who don’t live in the suburbs. Your recruiting data already showed this trend, but the CFO dismissed it.