Why Glean's CEO refused to split his team between offices

The the main reason for us not to have an office in San Francisco for a long time was because we wanted the team to be together.

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The the main reason for us not to have an office in San Francisco for a long time was because we wanted the team to be together. And it's not it was not like so much like, yes, I of course like the team to be together too, but our R and D team, our technical leaders, managers, even the ones who are living in San Francisco didn't like the idea of that, like, people are going to be in two different offices.

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Glean CEO Arvind Jain explains his decision to avoid having a San Francisco office for an extended period. He emphasizes that keeping the entire team co-located was crucial, noting that even his technical leaders and managers who lived in SF opposed the idea of splitting the team across multiple locations.

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Provides a specific operational decision from a successful CEO about team structure that goes against conventional wisdom of having presence in major tech hubs.

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