Bryan Power

in what people expect out of work, what it means to have a job, what it means to go to work or do work. All of these things have just been disrupted in a way that it's very hard to think about the last disruption at this level of the work experience going back decades. It's really been seismic. And I think people are still really sorting out what that means.

in what people expect out of work, what it means to have a job, what it means to go to work or do work. All of these things have just been disrupted in a way that it's very hard to think about the last disruption at this level of the work experience going back decades. It's really been seismic. And I think people are still really sorting out what that means.

And so in the heart of your question, what I worry about, a lot of the big plates that just going to work and doing are built upon have really been moving around. So that makes it almost like three-dimensional chess of how to figure out, just to get your work done as a company, you've got to grapple with these other external factors that are really significant.

And so in the heart of your question, what I worry about, a lot of the big plates that just going to work and doing are built upon have really been moving around. So that makes it almost like three-dimensional chess of how to figure out, just to get your work done as a company, you've got to grapple with these other external factors that are really significant.

I think that one thing we learned, and I've been at Nextdoor the entire time. I started here two years before COVID. So my whole post-COVID, during COVID experience has been with Nextdoor. The only thing I felt really confident in, if you go back to 2019 and 2020, when we were really in the throes of lockdown and pre-vaccines and just the unknown,

I think that one thing we learned, and I've been at Nextdoor the entire time. I started here two years before COVID. So my whole post-COVID, during COVID experience has been with Nextdoor. The only thing I felt really confident in, if you go back to 2019 and 2020, when we were really in the throes of lockdown and pre-vaccines and just the unknown,

was that a lot of people were quick to declare victory on what work was going to be, whether that was everyone's going to be fully remote, this is the future, or no, no, no, no, remote was just a fad, you got to get back. Like everyone just having these declarative statements that they knew, that was the only thing I knew was wrong, because it's just too seismic, it's too disruptive.

was that a lot of people were quick to declare victory on what work was going to be, whether that was everyone's going to be fully remote, this is the future, or no, no, no, no, remote was just a fad, you got to get back. Like everyone just having these declarative statements that they knew, that was the only thing I knew was wrong, because it's just too seismic, it's too disruptive.

And seeing just past technical innovations, it's really hard to see when it's happening, the thing that's going to become the major longstanding success coming out of this. And so I think each year, what you've seen now is companies are just taking so many different approaches versus we all kind of used to do the same thing.

And seeing just past technical innovations, it's really hard to see when it's happening, the thing that's going to become the major longstanding success coming out of this. And so I think each year, what you've seen now is companies are just taking so many different approaches versus we all kind of used to do the same thing.

I think what's healthy is people are now narrowing in on what do they want their experience to be, what's right for them, for their company, for their size, for their values. And that's just creating a much richer landscape of employers or employment opportunities for people to pick between.

I think what's healthy is people are now narrowing in on what do they want their experience to be, what's right for them, for their company, for their size, for their values. And that's just creating a much richer landscape of employers or employment opportunities for people to pick between.

There's just trade-offs. If you're a remote company, you can hire in such a broader geographical area than if you want to hire in a place where you can bring everybody together all the time. If you want everyone in the office every day or four or five days a week, everyone at the company kind of needs to be able to get to the office that week.

There's just trade-offs. If you're a remote company, you can hire in such a broader geographical area than if you want to hire in a place where you can bring everybody together all the time. If you want everyone in the office every day or four or five days a week, everyone at the company kind of needs to be able to get to the office that week.

So you can only hire within a certain circumference from where the office is. Versus remote, time zones become a factor, but that's like a much bigger... So it's like, what's more important to you? Is it the ability to get people together? Which I think for really small startups is really significant.

So you can only hire within a certain circumference from where the office is. Versus remote, time zones become a factor, but that's like a much bigger... So it's like, what's more important to you? Is it the ability to get people together? Which I think for really small startups is really significant.

When you're a company of 20 people, if you can all just fit around one table or in one room, there's a velocity to that that I think is just dishonest to not say is real. Whether you need it or not is a different choice, but it is just fundamentally different if you're all in the same room together. But when you get bigger, you all can't fit in the same room.

When you're a company of 20 people, if you can all just fit around one table or in one room, there's a velocity to that that I think is just dishonest to not say is real. Whether you need it or not is a different choice, but it is just fundamentally different if you're all in the same room together. But when you get bigger, you all can't fit in the same room.

And so you have different choices that you need to make. But I do think hiring has really changed in that one of the challenges in hiring before was people needed to take time off to interview. They had to go to an office to meet with everybody, which means you have to take a day off, which is kind of suspect if your manager is watching, like, where were you yesterday? And now it's just easy.

And so you have different choices that you need to make. But I do think hiring has really changed in that one of the challenges in hiring before was people needed to take time off to interview. They had to go to an office to meet with everybody, which means you have to take a day off, which is kind of suspect if your manager is watching, like, where were you yesterday? And now it's just easy.