Tech Workers Long Got What They Wanted. That’s Over.

Tech employees used to asking for the moon are beginning to hear an unfamiliar phrase as startups and giants comparable to Google and Microsoft get extra cautious: No.

For a lot of the pandemic, tech corporations huge and small went on hiring sprees the place would-be workers might title their worth and anticipate rich, work-from-anywhere perks. Now, as fears of a recession loom, extra employers are scaling again or freezing hiring, rethinking what number of of their positions needs to be distant and in some circumstances even rescinding job offers.