Overview

• In an interview released by the All‑In podcast, the former Google CEO said he is not in favor of working from home because it impedes learning.
• He warned that U.S. tech workers must accept tradeoffs to keep pace with China’s 996 work culture of 12‑hour days, six days a week.
• He argued remote arrangements especially disadvantage early‑career employees who miss informal, in‑person mentoring he observed at Sun Microsystems.
• He quipped that work‑life balance fits government roles and then apologized multiple times during the exchange.
• He previously retracted a 2024 claim that Google’s flexibility hurt its AI push, as reporting now notes Google has curbed remote work and, per the New York Times, Sergey Brin urged daily office attendance for Gemini teams and called 60 hours a week a productivity “sweet spot.”