I really wonder what kind of justifications they’re giving for these long-term remote staff. Are they actually that exceptional? Honestly, you can grow a great engineer from scratch in seven years. Laying off in-office workers while keeping remote ones feels like a deliberate move against company policy.
I am quoting the above words from another post.
As a long-timer at ESG, I have the same question! There are many remote workers based in Dublin, Ireland. Most of them report to the legacy VP and Security Response Director from Symantec.
Why are they protecting these remote workers?
Do we have core customers in Ireland?
Do they possess unique skills that make them irreplaceable?
Skills like programming, reverse engineering, or threat hunting/incident response are common in ESG. We have many engineers in other regions who also possess these skills. And, the VP and the Director have laid off many other office workers who possess those skills.