Eric Schmidt on Remote Work: Juniors Lose Unwritten Judgment Skills
r0ck3t23 · x · 2026-08-18
Eric Schmidt argues against remote work, emphasizing that junior employees miss out on learning "judgment"—an unwritten skill acquired by observing senior colleagues argue in person. He notes that a degree certifies knowledge but not the ability to read a room or assess risks, which happens in the unscheduled moments of office life. Remote work preserves scheduled meetings but deletes the surrounding context where real learning occurs. Schmidt also mentions China's 996 work culture as a competitive pressure. The analysis suggests that remote work policy is often set by those whose judgment is already formed, at the expense of those who need to build it.
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