Google recommends all North America employees work from home

Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by troydavis on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:10PM (#22542597)

For anyone who is working remotely or managing a remote team for the first time: find a friend or ex-coworker who has done it and thrived. Ask them to be your sounding board - ideally daily given the situation.

Whether it's amazing or terrible depends on execution (and obviously other things), and transitioning in a week makes it even harder. Lean on someone experienced.

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Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by bitL on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:22PM (#22542673)

"Trust your team".

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Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by hsod on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:28PM (#22542705)

Im in the same boat as OP and this advice just seems totally alien to me. i don’t optimize my productivity like this, I’m just a guy that understands how computers work. I think there are a lot of people like me

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Re:Google recommends all North America employees work from home by troydavis on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @08:35AM (#22545234)

My comment wasn’t about optimizing productivity, just being fairly productive and happy. If you’re unhappy or unproductive working remotely, someone who has thrived can suggest some changes — there’s a a good chance they experienced or witnessed the same thing.

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