Re:Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
by ghaff on Monday September 07, 2020 @07:04PM
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>Which isn't actually easy, because you kind of gotta schedule it so that people don't take turns being alone in the office.
This is going to be one of the problems. Some people who desperately want to come back to the office do so and discover that most of their co-workers haven't. And some of those co-workers have, with management blessing, moved outside the easy "drop in for one day a week" radius.
I expect office/remote workstyles are going to be popular questions in interviews over at least the next few years.
Re:Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
by throwa112233 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:22AM
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Maybe WeWork will make a comeback. People that need to have others around or need a commute so they can listen to pod casts can go to a shared workspace.
Re:Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
by ghaff on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @10:04AM
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There are two separate things.
One is people who want to be in-person with their team all day.
People who want clear work-life separation (and who may not have space like a dedicated office at home).
Co-working spaces can solve for the latter but not the former.
Re:Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
by thonos on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:56PM
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I’m not a parent but I have adhd and working from home is extremely hard for me, much harder than I want to admit. I just can’t concentrate at home and always end up distracted and doing something else.
I can’t for the sake of it focus on work in my apartment.
I've been able to spend significantly less energy on work, while being more productive. The commute, the open office and the useless meetings, really are murder.
So I think it's hard to say anything like you're trying to. We actually did research on it, because we're a 10,000 employee organisation, and the only groups who have reported a negative effect are managers. Productivity is up as well. That's still too general to say anything though.
The real trick will be figuring out how to create an environment where some people work more from home than others. Which isn't actually easy, because you kind of gotta schedule it so that people don't take turns being alone in the office.