We need to adopt a no-commute culture

Re:We need to adopt a no-commute culture by i_am_proteus on Thursday December 12, 2019 @11:01AM (#21772951)

It seems like a hybrid model would be ideal: teams that work from home in a metro area, with one or two "meeting days" a week at an office (which can be 20-30% the size it would be with no work from home).

This is something companies could incrementally adopt with existing employees.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:We need to adopt a no-commute culture by defined on Thursday December 12, 2019 @12:28PM (#21773983)

I think it depends on one's personality. I worked for some years using that hybrid model and really didn't like it. Now I work 99.9% from home and vastly prefer it.

My only real gripe is that teleconferencing for meetings just doesn't work that well, because I find it hard to hear people that are not very close to the microphone, and background noise from the open-plan office in which the non-remote team works is very disruptive at times.

Well, and that sometimes remote workers are sort-of-not-quite second-class citizens, probably because we aren't in the office for people to see every day.

[ Parent | on HN ]