Re:The rise of remote working will continue
by geerlingguy on Monday July 01, 2019 @10:36PM
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It’s definitely a team effort, and management has to be remote first for (imho) any remote success.
Too many places dip their toes in the water, but as a remote employee, I can sniff out immediately if a team is ‘backchanneling’ in the office, starting or ending meetings before/after the remote call is over, etc.
If the team is not remote-first, living and breathing with the sense that nothing should be isolated in a single physical location, it’s not going to be fun, especially for the remote workers.
It can sort of work in a sense where everyone gets together for some time, then everyone breaks off and does something, then they get back together.
But more often I see a team where 3 people are in the office, and 2 or 3 are remote—I’ve never seen this model be successful in the long run.
Re:The rise of remote working will continue
by davidjnelson on Monday July 01, 2019 @10:47PM
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I’ve seen it work great. At Autodesk our team was half remote. People would come in at varying frequencies. Mostly for release planning.
My place is trying remote, and sometimes I'm more productive in the office. However, if I get in the zone at home I will accomplish significantly more. I would definitely rather go outside for 10 minutes to take a break instead of chatting in the office. Unfortunately, it seems like there is no attention on how to make people more comfortable and engaged.