Don’t work “remotely”

Re:Don’t work “remotely” by cagenut on Monday November 19, 2018 @10:08AM (#18486914)

not being snarky here, maybe consider a therapist? both of those are in-your-head type problems.

in fact, in general, maybe a regular therapy session should be considered a standard part of remote work. in-office we all use our coworkers as a social support network whether we mean to or not, so it makes sense that many of us would need an alternative to help cover that gap.

I'm not even saying that it'd be a good thing (replacing a dozen interpersonal relationships with one) but its a hedge.

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Re:Don’t work “remotely” by JumpCrisscross on Monday November 19, 2018 @11:46AM (#18487639)

> both of those are in-your-head type problems

The latter is valid. Face-to-face communication carries a lot more information than messages on Slack. If a company hasn’t developed a remote-first culture, feedback can fester instead of being communicated. Regularly-scheduled phone calls, one on one with critical people and team-wide from time to time, in my experience, alleviate this greatly. (Paired with occasional flyings out.)

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Re:Don’t work “remotely” by cagenut on Monday November 19, 2018 @01:15PM (#18488391)

in-your-head type problems are perfectly valid! I never said or implied otherwise, I merely gave a possible solution.

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