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Re:If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely you sh... by TallGuyShort on Monday January 23, 2017 @02:13PM (#13464976)
Not sure what you mean - I meant to say this is what my manager did for me as a remote employee. I've worked remotely for about 4 years, and this manager really made it work better than anyone else because of little things like this.
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Re:If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely you sh... by cs02rm0 on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:01PM (#13465982)
Apologies, I mistook watercooler as literal rather than a metaphor.

I agree the little things that mimic, or substitute for, the subtleties of working in an office are still vital when working remotely.

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Re:If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely you sh... by wott on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:42PM (#13465803)
I also read it erroneously as if you were working in an office. Maybe the wording "catching me up" and "watercooler" :-)
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