{"id":45484,"date":"2020-12-01T17:50:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=45484"},"modified":"2023-01-18T03:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T11:30:19","slug":"5-ways-work-from-anywhere-impacts-your-talent-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/5-ways-work-from-anywhere-impacts-your-talent-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways work from anywhere impacts your talent pool"},"content":{"rendered":"

These days, a growing number of people have something in common with David Toole, an account representative at Oracle. Toole told <\/span>MarketWatch<\/span><\/a> that COVID-19 pushed him over the edge in terms of making a big move he\u2019d already been thinking about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When the pandemic started in March, he and his wife and five kids relocated from the Bay Area to Savannah, Georgia. He still works for the Silicon Valley company, but now he does so from his former hometown, where he\u2019s happy to be raising his kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alan Gilchrest, senior vice president of conversational AI at LivePerson, lived in Bellevue, Washington, before the pandemic. When COVID-19 hit the Pacific Northwest so hard, back in March, he and his family relocated to their vacation home in Waikoloa, Hawaii. He continues to work for LivePerson, but now he starts his workday at 4 a.m. with a meeting based on Pacific time. Still, many would say his living situation is well worth the early morning sacrifice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n