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Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by dkersten on Monday October 08, 2018 @07:39PM (#18172235)
> You wanted to talk to Bob, you click into Bob's 'office' and say "hey Bob!" and he says "Hi, what's up?"

I wouldn’t like it if people distracted me like that. Part of what I like about working remotely is that it forces asynchronous communication on people. Send me a message on slack and I can ignore it if I’m deep in thought. If you need to talk to me over voice chat, send me a message on slack asking me to join you in voice chat.

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Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by simplify on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:45PM (#18172960)
From the next paragraph:

> I knew who was active... and who wanted privacy (had their office door closed)

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Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by konschubert on Friday October 12, 2018 @06:03AM (#18200381)
But that's also what makes remote working less effective in many cases.
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