{"id":287002,"date":"2024-08-14T14:29:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=338504"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:03:56","slug":"remote-work-as-an-enemy-the-evil-that-has-affected-google-according-to-its-former-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/remote-work-as-an-enemy-the-evil-that-has-affected-google-according-to-its-former-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote work as an enemy: the &#8216;evil&#8217; that has affected Google, according to its former CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Eric Schmidt<\/strong>, who led Google from 2001 to 2011, has some words to say about the company&#8217;s current labor policies. One of them is that, in his opinion, <strong>workers should come to the office more often.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Chrome\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f875d630-96d4-11e6-b152-00163ed833e7\/814375157\/chrome-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Chrome<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The billionaire explained his position in a class at Stanford University, recorded and published by the School of Engineering. In the question round, Professor Erik Brynjolfsson addressed Schmidt and pointed out that, despite Google&#8217;s advantage, it had fallen behind in the development of artificial intelligence. In fact, the situation triggered an internal red alert declared by Sunder Pichai, the current CEO of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although many may not know it, the existence of ChatGPT would have been much more unlikely without Google. In 2017, a group of researchers proposed a new architecture called <strong>&#8216;transformers.&#8217;<\/strong> This discovery laid the groundwork for applications like ChatGPT and other similar AI models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/adblock-google-chrome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337360\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brynjolfsson continued and clarified that, in a way, &#8216;they had lost the initiative in favor of OpenAI.&#8217; Schmidt&#8217;s response was peculiar: &#8216;<strong>Google decided that work-life balance, leaving early and working from home was more important than winning<\/strong>.&#8217; In startups, like OpenAI was at the time, &#8216;people work like demons.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schmidt addressed the students and explained to them that &#8216;if they drop out of college and start a company, they will not allow people to work from home and only come in one day a week, at least if they want to compete against other startups.&#8217; It may be an error or an exaggeration on Schmidt&#8217;s part, but the truth is that in 2022, Google required its workers to come to the office <strong>three days a week<\/strong>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/tech\/article\/eric-schmidt-google-remote-work-19655216.php\" title=\"SFGATE\">SFGATE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Chrome\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f875d630-96d4-11e6-b152-00163ed833e7\/814375157\/chrome-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Chrome<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Schmidt, who led Google from 2001 to 2011, has some words to say about the company&#8217;s current labor policies. One of them is that, in his opinion, workers should come to the office more often. The billionaire explained his position in a class at Stanford University, recorded and published by the School of Engineering. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/remote-work-as-an-enemy-the-evil-that-has-affected-google-according-to-its-former-ceo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Remote work as an enemy: the &#8216;evil&#8217; that has affected Google, according to its former CEO&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9211,"featured_media":287003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":8},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6771],"class_list":["post-287002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-ai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311876,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287002\/revisions\/311876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287002"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=287002"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=287002"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=287002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}