Re:Working remotely, coworking spaces, and mental health
by vollmond on Friday December 30, 2016 @07:22PM
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It doesn't help that the majority of our team is onsite, so any alternative is 100% for my benefit.
This really seems key. I've done various sorts of mixed telework/onsite teams, and it never works well. I think either the whole team should be onsite, or the whole team should telework. Anything else will leave some people out of important interactions.
You can even mix on a day-to-day basis, as long as you follow the same schedule. One office had a general practice of everyone in the office Mon-Thur, and then everyone teleworked on Friday. It was great.
The office I'm in now, though, has some people teleworking one day a week, and working four 10s so they're off completely on Friday, and some others working five 8's, in the office every day. It's murder to schedule a time when everyone has access to the same interaction tools.
You can even mix on a day-to-day basis, as long as you follow the same schedule. One office had a general practice of everyone in the office Mon-Thur, and then everyone teleworked on Friday. It was great.
The office I'm in now, though, has some people teleworking one day a week, and working four 10s so they're off completely on Friday, and some others working five 8's, in the office every day. It's murder to schedule a time when everyone has access to the same interaction tools.